Hayes

From Signe Tollefsen-with-flowers to Signe Tollefsen -with-balls that, in the nutshell, describes 'Hayes the latest album of Dutch /American and British educated singer-songwriter Signe Tollefsen. 'Hayes' is the follow-up of SIGNE TOLLEFSEN's critically acclaimed self-titled debut album and her equally praised covers E.P. 'Baggage'. Reviewing the latter, several critics noted that her version of P.J. Harvey's 'Down By The Water' was even better than the original. There are traces of her debut CD and 'Baggage' but Signe's sound has moved on from acoustic to electric. Whatever changed, what remains the same is: as always, that strong powerful voice, the intensity, the emotion, the song writing. The elements that rightfully made her a winner of 2 awards at the Grand Prix of The Netherlands that made legendary Dutch singer Mathilde Santing record one of her songs and that put her on tour with Pavement's Stephen Malkmus amongst others. And that made famous and well-spoken television personality (and ex-football player) Jan Mulder stammer after her live-on-air-performance 'just gorgeous'. 'Hayes' was recorded in (Four None Blondes) Linda Perry's studio in Los Angeles and the We Are Junkies Studio in Eindhoven Holland. The latter is also the home base of the extremely talented Mindpark, whose Ralph Timmermans co-produced the album with Signe Tollefsen. This duo also plays most of the instruments on 'Hayes'. 'A magical cooperation' says Signe. And the result....an equally magical album! 'The Netherlands has produced a few notable singer-songwriter talents in recent years - Caro Emerald, Laura Jansen, Marike Jager - but one that really stands out from the pack is dusky Dutch-American Signe Tollefsen' - (from Wearsthetrousers UK) 'Hayes' is the follow-up of SIGNE TOLLEFSEN's critically acclaimed self-titled debut album and her equally praised covers E.P. 'Baggage'. Reviewing the latter, several critics noted that her version of P.J. Harvey's 'Down By The Water' was even better than the original.