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is your glass half-empty? does everyone ask why you're constantly miserable? chances are you're a sad little bastard....don't be so gloomy....eat a twinkie.
hedaya is currently on hiatus details re: my current project BALANCE IN THE HANGING can be found at www.myspace.com/balanceinthehanging or 
THIS IS WHERE I KEEP IT (album) and ANOTHER BRAVE ACT LIKE LEAVING (ep) now available on....
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Reviews of This Is Where I Keep It:
Smother.net: (editors pick) " Simon Kean, the genius behind Hedaya, has fused together portions of the greatest albums in the history of indie and brought them together for this album. I guess what’s amazing is that this album was recorded and written only in a short five weeks in a bedroom and studio flat. I just imagine what would happen if he didn’t have to rely on a laptop recording device—though he claims recording studios are not his forte. Hell, I’ll believe him, if you can do this on a DIY budget and set-up I’ll listen to you if you tell my hair is on fire. This is a sheer experience from track one. Astounding.."
Leonards Lair: "A quiet approach reliant on eerie atmospheric effects and intimacy. The mood is particularly disquieting on 'My Beautiful Blue' where Kean opens with "I promise you those bruises won't show in the morning" swiftly followed by "I'm thinking I should let you sleep". These words would sound unconvincing if they were uttered by the latest nu-metal act but the skill is in Kean's restrained delivery; recorded entirely in his bedroom studio which only adds to the "realness" of the words. 'The Last Optimist' and 'Bind' also retain the high standard of bitter delivery to match the threatening lyrics. Strangely that song is like a light at the end of a particularly dark tunnel but it's a surprisingly addictive trip in between."
Luna Café: ""My Beautiful Blue" starts with the shocking line "I promise you those bruises won’t show in the morning" and describes an abusive relationship. The creepy feeling is evoked by the slowly unfurling music too. "Token Fuck Off Song" is a clever little song about hatred and hurt. "Bind" has the lines "Watching porn for the blind/phone sex for the deaf". Ah Mr. Kean, you're wry. Kean's method of almost casually whispering about the obscenities and the cruelty we people are capable of works alarmingly well.”
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