Hayden – Where and When

Thanks (in large part) to the strangely fascinating drum beat, I’ve found this song on repeat for the better part of today; if any music theorists reading this can explain what is going on with that snare, in terms of time signature, please feel free to comment.  Where and When comes from the Canadian indie-folk/rock artist Hayden Desser (otherwise known as Hayden), and his 7th full-length album In Field & Town.  Since releasing In Field & Town early in 2008, Hayden has put out the subsequent album The Place Where We Lived in May of this year.

Edit: Album version has been taken down, so here’s a live version

The snow was falling down like pieces of the sky last Friday night
I was outside on the street, and she was inside to a beat
Next thing I know, she’s watching me writing to her in the snow

“Let’s go”

She got up so close, the condensation changed her to a ghost
But she appeared again, as she wrote on the glass “Well, it depends…”

“Where and when?”