Hey Rosetta have quickly become one of this country’s best bands – well I guess they were always that good, but now they are being recognized for it. And rightfully so. They are really really talented in everyway a band should be – songwriting, production, and performance is all top shelf. I would argue, not in this space, but somewhere else, that with the Tragically Hip being the quintessential Canadian band, Hey Rosetta is ready to grasp that mantle for the next generation – with the Hip’s permission of course.
Their sophomore album (and second Polaris nomination) SEEDS provides something that not a lot of albums provide today – familiarity. I don’t mean that in a sense of comfort or sounding like other artists out there, but the themes of SEEDS are familiar. Family, traveling, movement and evolution – these are what we (well at least me) as listeners are dealing with in spades in our own worlds, and SEEDS provides a perspective that proves we aren’t alone in our own thoughts – which is what we all want anyway right? Right?
From the moment the album starts with the title track you are drawn in to movement and progress of the album – it’s contagious. Similarly to the band’s debut INTO YOUR LUNGS the first song paints a picture that sets a tone for the rest of the album. “and we don't look back, cause we don't need that
and we're going too fast, and we don't want to, don't want to
crash” Exactly – and that is what the band does on this album – never looks back. The way it should be, all left behind as they move forward and evolve.
KEY TRACKS: Seeds, Young Glass, Seventeen, Bandages, Bricks
CLINCHER: Welcome (maybe single of the year)
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