Premiere: Shaina Hayes Shares New Single 'Sun and Time'
Sophomore yearbook Kindergarten Heart Releases on February 23rd
January 10, 2024
Photo by Lawrence Fafard
Canadian folk singer/songwriter Shaina Hayes made her debut in 2022 with to convince a waltz, written and recorded while simultaneously running a CSA (community-supported agriculture) farm. After the record's release, she put farming on hold while touring for the record, opening for The War on Drugs and The Barr Brothers, during which she also began writing her upcoming second album. Kindergarten Heart.
With her upcoming record, Hayes expands on the warm and pastoral stylings of her debut, combining strands of bedroom pop, folk and country, along with spacious production from longtime collaborators Francis Ledoux and zouz's David Marchand. She announced the album last year with her lead single, “New Favorite,” and today she's back with another new track, “Sun and Time,” premiering on Under the Radar.
“Sun and Time” is a moody folk song, colored by downtempo, contemplative beats and hazy guitar scratches. It's smooth and unhurried, drifting into a wistful swirl of sunny instrumentals and plaintive lyricism. The track finds Hayes reflecting on the cold winter months and dreaming of the warmth of the sun, offering the track as a momentary respite from the winter blues: “Holy weary winter / This one's something / I watch you suffer at his hand / Boggy berry princess / We're fading / But I can still make out your laugh / When I look back / In a kind of chamomile heat and the tireless grass.'
Hayes says of the track, “Sun and Time” was written for a dear friend who I used to run a vegetable farm with. It describes the intense lows we would both feel in the winter when we would start going crazy waiting for the next growing season to start. The song is a plea for her to remember the beautiful things we were able to achieve together, the strength of her character and the fact that at least there's always another summer around the corner!”
Check out the song and video below. Kindergarten Heart released on February 23rd.
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