Born: Paul Hayden Desser on February 12, 1971 in Thornhill, Ontario.

Thornhill, Ontario's Hayden is best known for his solo stance, an acoustic guitar and an old wooden chair to take comfort in while performing.

In 1993 Hayden's song "Take" appeared on CFNY's 'New Music Search' disc and the video featured Lorraine Ursomarzo and Noah Mintz (hHead & Noah's Arkweld) on vocals, while Hayden played guitar (not yet confident enough with his vocal abilities).

The album 'Everything I Long For' was recorded over several months in Toronto between February '94 and January '95. Nine of the 14 songs were recorded late at night on 4-track in his bedroom, usually only hours after they had been written.

Hayden also wrote the title-theme to Steve Buscemi's film 'Trees Lounge'.

Hayden's 1998 touring act consists of multi-instrumentalists Joshua Malinsky, Mitch Roth (Poledo) and drummer John Damon Richardson (Change Of Heart).




Singles
1995 Funhouse [6 song EP]
1995 Mild and Hazy (Lunamoth/Hardwood) NR-19810
1996 Lunar Landing Confirmed/[B-side with Poledo] (Squirtgun)
1996 Bad As They Seem [3 song CD-EP] (Outpost - US) PROCD-4883
1996 Moving Careful (Hardwood/Sonic Unyon) SUNCD-0322
1996 Trees Lounge
1997 Carry-On Mentally (Landspeed)
1998 The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees (Outpost - US) PROCD-3017
1998 Better Off Inside (Hardwood/Universal)

Albums
1994 In September [12 song cassette] (Paul)
1994 In September [10 song cassette re-issue] (Paul)
1994 Everything I Long For [16 song CD] (Hardwood) CD-002
1995 Everything I Long For [14 song CD re-issue] (Hardwood/Sonic Unyon) SUNCD-023
1996 Moving Careful (Hardwood/Sonic Unyon) SUNCD-032
1998 The Closer I Get (Outpost/Universal) OPRD-30006
2001 Skyscraper National Park (Hardwood) BRC-981
2002 Live at Convocation Hall (Hardwood/Universal) 7697422292
2004 Elk-Lake Serenade (Hardwood/Universal) 7697422772
2008 In Field & Town (Hardwood) FP-1115-2
2009 The Place Where We Lived (Hardwood) HWV-009

Video
1993 Take
1998 The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees
1998 Better Off Inside

Compilation Tracks
1993 "Take" on "CFNY's 1993 New Music Search" (MCA) - compilation
199? "Tree's Lounge" on 'Trees Lounge' (MCA) - soundtrack
1998 "To Go Wrong" on '30 Hour Famine' (Nettwerk)
1998 "A Fortune I'd Kept" on 'More Of Our Stupid Noise' (Squirtgun/Nettwerk)