Having spent nearly two decades creating uniquely affecting music defined by deep personal sentiment and attracting listeners across musical genres, Hayden now signs to Arts & Crafts for the release of his seventh full-length record, Us Alone. Joining Arts & Crafts marks a new beginning for Hayden, who was inspired to return to writing and take things more seriously after being informed by a fan that his Wikipedia page listed him as deceased. "I was dead six months before anyone noticed," the songwriter muses. "Don't get me wrong," Hayden continues. "I've always taken the music extremely seriously, but I've definitely made a few promotional missteps... One example would be not doing a single show or interview for my last record. Yes, I put out a record in 2009..." Since his emergence ...