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Haley Heynderickx
American singer-songwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haley Hannah Heynderickx (born May 28, 1993)[1] is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. In 2016, she released her debut EP, Fish Eyes. Her first full-length album, I Need to Start a Garden, was released in March 2018 on Mama Bird Recording Co. Seed of a Seed, her second album, was released in November 2024 on the same label.
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Early life
Heynderickx was born in Stockton, California to a Filipino-American family and grew up in Forest Grove, Oregon, where she learned to sing in church. She graduated from Portland State University with a degree in Business.[2][3]
Career
She released her debut EP, Fish Eyes, in 2016. In March 2018, she released her first album, I Need to Start a Garden, on Mama Bird Recording Co. The album received positive reviews, including a 7.3 rating from Pitchfork,[4] while NPR Music wrote that the album "captivates"[5] and Uproxx called it "an utterly brilliant folk debut".[6] In January 2018, she was named an "Artist to Watch" by Stereogum.[7]
In fall 2023 she was an opening act for Tim Baker for several shows in his Canadian tour.[8]
Seed of a Seed received a 7.6 from Pitchfork,[9] in a review that described the album as exploring "her internal anxieties and the wisdom that can be gleaned outside the confines of our minds". Other outlets also described the album in positive terms, praising her maturing as a lyricist, musician and singer.[10][11][12]
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Style
Heynderickx's music features a fingerstyle acoustic guitar technique inspired by Leo Kottke and John Fahey[13] paired with introspective lyrics punctuated with "well-timed levity".[4]
Discography
Albums
- I Need to Start a Garden (2018)
- Seed of a Seed (2024)
EPs
- Fish Eyes (2016)
- Unpeeled (Banana Stand) (2017)
- Among Horses III (2018)
References
External links
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