I Need to Start a Garden
Studio album by
Haley Heynderickx
ReleasedMarch 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)
StudioNomah Studios, Portland, Oregon
Genre
Length30:10
LabelMama Bird Recording Co.
Producer
  • Haley Heynderickx
  • Zak Kimball
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?(7.6/10)[2]
Metacritic80/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
DIY[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
MusicOMH[7]
Pitchfork7.3/10[8]
PopMatters7/10[9]
The Skinny[10]

I Need to Start a Garden is the debut studio album by American musician Haley Heynderickx. It was released in March 2018 under Mama Bird Recording Company.

Production

In an interview, Haley Heynderickx explained it took three attempts to record the album. Her first attempt was at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon, with musician Colyn Cameron, however a horse had passed away during one of her songs. She explained "I lost faith in the songs and myself. The horse died". The second was at a conventional studio, but Heynderickx felt inhibited by insecurity and worries about money from the cost of the studio: "It doesn't feel like a labour of love when every moment you're in a studio it feels like you're losing money. The last thing I want to think about when capturing songs that were made from a place of love, is money." Her third attempt was made at Nomah Studios – an in-house licensing studio set up by Heynderickx's friends.[11]

Music video

On May 2, 2018, the music video of "No Face" was released. In a statement, Heynderickx explained the song was inspired by the 2001 Japanese animated movie Spirited Away.[12] The video was directed by Evan James Atwood.[13]

Critical reception

I Need to Start a Garden was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80 based on 10 reviews.[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 80 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.[1]

Marcy Donelson of AllMusic said: "With eight tracks and a playing time of 30 minutes, it's an efficient debut without a weak song in the bunch, one noteworthy for its poise as well as its engaging eccentricity."[4]

Accolades

Accolades for I Need to Start a Garden
Publication Accolade Rank
Digital Trends Digital Trends' Top 50 Albums of 2018
Exclaim! Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2018
God Is in the TV God Is in the TV's Top 100 Albums of 2018
Loud and Quiet Loud and Quiet's Top 40 Albums of 2018
Paste Paste's Top 50 Albums of 2018
Paste's Top 20 Albums of 2018 – Mid-Year
PopMatters PopMatters's Top 20 Albums of 2018
Sputnikmusic Sputnikmusic's Top 100 Albums of the Decade (2010s)
The Wild Honey Pie The Wild Honey Pie's Top 30 Albums of 2018
Uproxx Uproxx's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."No Face"1:56
2."The Bug Collector"3:48
3."Jo"3:52
4."Worth It"7:53
5."Show You a Body"3:29
6."Untitled God Song"3:44
7."Oom Sha La La"2:57
8."Drinking Song"3:16

References

  1. 1 2 "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Any Decent Music? Review". Anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Donelson, Marcy. "I Need To Start A Garden - Haley Heynderickx". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ Bentley, James (30 March 2018). "Haley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden". DIY. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Greene, Sarah (March 2, 2018). "Exclaim! review". Exclaim!. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  7. ↑ Murphy, John (March 26, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ Horn, Olivia (March 12, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx: I Need to Start a Garden". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  9. ↑ Laird, Christopher (March 15, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx's 'I Need to Start a Garden' Addresses This Sad World with Absurdity". PopMatters. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  10. ↑ Inglis, Tony (April 3, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx – I Need to Start a Garden". Theskinny.co.uk. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  11. ↑ Greene, Sarah (March 8, 2018). "It Took Haley Heynderickx Three Tries to Make Her Debut Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ Rossignol, Derrick (May 2, 2018). "Haley Heynderickx's 'No Face' Video Mirrors The Song's Simplicity With Artistic Silhouettes". Uproxx. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Haley Heynderickx - No Face". YouTube. May 2, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ Hall, Parker (December 12, 2018). "The Best Albums of 2018". Digital Trends. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk and Country Albums". Exclaim!. December 6, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  16. ↑ "GIITTV Albums of the Year". God Is in the TV. December 10, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  17. ↑ "The Loud and Quiet Best 40 Albums of 2018". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  18. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Paste. November 26, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Paste's 20 Best Albums of 2018 So Far". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  20. ↑ Frahm, Jonathan (November 27, 2018). "Top 20 Folk Albums of 2018". PopMatters. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  21. ↑ "Sputnikmusic's Top 100 Albums of the 2010s". Sputnikmusic. April 7, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  22. ↑ "Top 30 Albums of 2018". The Wild Honey Pie. December 18, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  23. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Uproxx. December 3, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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