{"title":"Hiss Golden Messenger Vinyl Records \u0026 CDs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor listeners who have followed M.C. Taylor's Hiss Golden Messenger through every turn, this page collects the band's catalog in both vinyl and CD formats, fourteen titles deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selection spans the full run of Merge Records releases alongside newer work on Chrysalis. On vinyl you will find \u003cem\u003eQuietly Blowing It\u003c\/em\u003e as a standard LP, \u003cem\u003eHallelujah Anyhow\u003c\/em\u003e LP, \u003cem\u003eJump For Joy\u003c\/em\u003e LP, \u003cem\u003eTerms of Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e LP, \u003cem\u003eHeart Like A Levee\u003c\/em\u003e on 2xLP, and \u003cem\u003eO Come All Ye Faithful\u003c\/em\u003e pressed on bone, green, and red splatter vinyl. On CD the catalog runs just as wide: \u003cem\u003eI'm People\u003c\/em\u003e on Chrysalis, \u003cem\u003eJump For Joy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuietly Blowing It\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHallelujah Anyhow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeart Like A Levee\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eO Come All Ye Faithful\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTerms of Surrender\u003c\/em\u003e, and the four-disc box set \u003cem\u003eDevotion: Songs About Rivers \u0026amp; Spirits \u0026amp; Children\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from Relix\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelix has covered the intersection of American roots music, improvisation, and the communities that sustain both since 1974. That perspective shapes what ends up in the store. Hiss Golden Messenger sits squarely in the tradition Relix has documented for five decades, drawing on gospel, country, and the kind of open-ended song structures that reward repeated listening. The store also carries the Relix Sessions series, live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label, which gives you a sense of how seriously we take the physical format. When we stock an artist's catalog it is because the music holds up on record, not because an algorithm said so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery title here is new and factory sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date on the product page and ship when the label releases them into distribution. Vinyl ships in protective packaging built for LPs. CDs ship in protective packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Hiss Golden Messenger is the center of your listening, the edges worth exploring are close by. The \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/americana-vinyl\"\u003eAmericana, Folk \u0026amp; Country Vinyl Records\u003c\/a\u003e collection puts the band in context alongside the wider roots world. The \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/colored-vinyl\"\u003eColored Vinyl Records \u0026amp; Limited Variants\u003c\/a\u003e page is the right place to find pressings like the bone, green, and red splatter edition of \u003cem\u003eO Come All Ye Faithful\u003c\/em\u003e alongside other limited variants. For the improvisational side of the catalog, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jam-band-vinyl\"\u003eJam Band Vinyl Records\u003c\/a\u003e connects to the broader community Relix has always covered. And if live recordings are what you are after, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/live-vinyl-albums\"\u003eLive Vinyl Albums \u0026amp; Records\u003c\/a\u003e has that covered as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-terms-of-surrender-cd","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms Of Surrender (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor wrote much of *Terms of Surrender* during a period of real personal and political turbulence, and that weight comes through without ever tipping into despair. The Durham scene that shaped Hiss Golden Messenger has always drawn from the same deep well as the best Southern soul and country music, and here Taylor and his collaborators find something close to hard-won grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e4-panel gatefold wallet w\/ matte coating \u0026amp; 16-page booklet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDescribing the Durham-based\u003cstrong\u003eHiss Golden Messenger\u003c\/strong\u003eis like trying to grasp a forgotten word: It’s always on the tip of your tongue, but hard to speak. Songwriter and bandleader M.C. Taylor’s music is at once familiar, yet impossible to categorize: Elements from the American songbook—the steady, churning acoustic guitar and mandolin, the gospel emotion, the eerie steel guitar tracings, the bobbing and weaving organ and electric piano—provide the bedrock for Taylor’s existential ruminations about parenthood, joy, hope, and loneliness—our delicate, tightrope balance of dark and light—that offer fully engaged contemporary commentary on the present. And then there’s an indescribable spirit and movement: Hiss Golden Messenger’s music grooves. There’s nothing else quite like it.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. I Need A Teacher (3:17)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Bright Direction (You're A Dark Star Now) (4:24)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. My Wing (4:26)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Old Enough To Wonder Why (East Side---West Side) (4:23)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Cat's Blue Eye (3:49)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Happy Birthday, Baby (3:45)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Down At The Uptown (3:26)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Katy (You Don't Have To Be Good Yet) (3:57)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Whip (4:29)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Terms Of Surrender (3:11)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855067520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.20.19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455499382939,"sku":"109415","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-terms-of-surrender-cd-relix.jpg?v=1777604061"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-o-come-all-ye-faithful-bone-green-red-splatter-lp-vinyl","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – O Come All Ye Faithful (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor has spent years building one of the most quietly devoted followings in American roots music, with Hiss Golden Messenger's catalog drawing heavily on gospel, folk, and soul traditions that make a Christmas record feel less like a detour and more like a natural arrival. Recorded in the long shadow of a isolating year, these nine songs lean into the spiritual weight the holiday season actually carries for most people, not the tinsel version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConceptualized and written during the chaotic fall months of 2020, Hiss Golden Messenger's O Come All Ye Faithful-recorded shortly after the widely hailed Quietly Blowing It-is a meditation on grace, loss, hope, and community. Explains songwriter M.C. Taylor, \"Big, brash holiday music-the type that we hear in big-box stores in the middle of December-has never resonated with me, and this past year it felt absolutely dissonant. I wanted to make a seasonal record that felt more in step with the way that I, and so many others, experience this time of year: quiet, contemplative, searching, and bittersweet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide A\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Hung Fire\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. O Come All Ye Faithful\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Grace\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. By The Lights Of St. Stephen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Shine A Light\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide B\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Joy To The World\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Silent Night\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Hanukkah Dance\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. As Long As I Can See The Light\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855077512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.22.21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455503675547,"sku":"199372","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-o-come-all-ye-faithful-bone-green-red-splatter-lp-vinyl-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1777604178"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-heart-like-a-levee-2-lp-vinyl","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Heart Like A Levee (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMC Taylor wrote *Heart Like A Levee* during a period when Hiss Golden Messenger was crossing over from beloved underground secret to something larger, and the tension of that moment is audible in every groove. Recorded with his core collaborators, the album pulls from country soul, gospel, and the kind of highway spirituality that runs through the best of American roots music. On two LPs, the songs have the room they need to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe writing of the songs that became Heart Like a Levee started in a hotel room in Washington DC in January of 2015 during a powerful storm that darkened the East Coast. At that time I was feeling—more acutely than I had ever felt before—wrenched apart by my responsibilities to my family and to my music. Forgetting, momentarily, that for me, each exists only with the other. How could I forget? Though maybe my lapse was reasonable: I had just quit my job, the most recent and last, in a series of dead-end gigs stretching back 20 years, with the vow that my children would understand their father as a man in love with his world and the inventor of his own days. They would be rare in that regard. And then—driven by monthly bills and pure fear— I left for another tour, carrying a load of guilt that I could just barely lift. But in that snowy hotel room I found the refrain that became my compass: I was a dreamer, babe, when I set out on the road; but did I say I could find my way home? --M.C. 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Taylor has spent years making music that sits comfortably alongside the Grateful Dead's country-gospel excursions and Van Morrison's transcendent soul, but Terms of Surrender finds him writing with unusual directness about family, faith, and what it costs to stay present. Recorded with his tight-knit band, it captures the communal warmth that has made Hiss Golden Messenger a genuine word-of-mouth phenomenon among fans who care about songwriting with real stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSingle LP on black vinyl in double gatefold jacket w\/ matte coating \u0026amp; printed dust sleeve. Includes coupon for full download\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescribing the Durham-based\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHiss Golden Messenger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis like trying to grasp a forgotten word: It’s always on the tip of your tongue, but hard to speak. Songwriter and bandleader M.C. Taylor’s music is at once familiar, yet impossible to categorize: Elements from the American songbook—the steady, churning acoustic guitar and mandolin, the gospel emotion, the eerie steel guitar tracings, the bobbing and weaving organ and electric piano—provide the bedrock for Taylor’s existential ruminations about parenthood, joy, hope, and loneliness—our delicate, tightrope balance of dark and light—that offer fully engaged contemporary commentary on the present. And then there’s an indescribable spirit and movement: Hiss Golden Messenger’s music grooves. 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Taylor has spent years making music that sounds like it was recorded at the exact moment between doubt and grace, and \"Hallelujah Anyhow\" sits squarely in that space. Released during a particularly fractured moment in American life, the album gathered some of the finest voices in North Carolina's deep musical community around Taylor's quietly urgent songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHallelujah Anyhow is the next studio album from Hiss Golden Messenger, out September 22 worldwide on Merge Records. Its ten new songs, penned by HGM principal M.C. Taylor, were recorded with Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Josh Kaufman, Darren Jessee, Michael Lewis, and Evan Ringel. Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, Tift Merritt, Skylar Gudasz, Tamisha Waden, Mac McCaughan, and John Paul White provided vocal harmonies. From the desk of M.C. Taylor, July 18, 2017: I’m from nowhere. That’s the way I feel about it now, right at this moment. Music took me and made me and gave me a purpose and I built my world with it, and now my geography is a musical one, forever. And when I break, when I think about running as far as I can, I remember that there is nothing that does me like music, and I might as well be a poor man in a world of my own device. Hallelujah anyhow. Rhythm? I learned it over twenty years in the back of rented vans, in attics and back rooms—hard places to get to, harder places to get out of. And now rhythm is my clock and I live by it. We all do. But it’ll kill you if you’re not careful. It might kill you even if you are. Hallelujah anyhow. I see the dark clouds. I was designed to see them. They’re the same clouds of fear and destruction that have darkened the world since Revelations, just different actors. But this music is for hope. That’s the only thing I want to say about it. Love is the only way out. I’ve never been afraid of the darkness; it’s just a different kind of light. And if some days that belief comes harder than others, hallelujah anyhow. Whatcha gonna do when the wall comes down? When the wall comes down? What you ought to do is let it lie—let it lie And in the gathering darkness vow to never go back It was built by man and you can tear it down Tear it down, tear it down Step back, Jack, from the darkness I’ve seen darker things than night. 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Taylor has spent years quietly building one of the most spiritually honest catalogs in American roots music, and *Hallelujah Anyhow* arrived in 2017 as his fullest statement yet. Recorded with a remarkable cast of collaborators rooted in the North Carolina music community, the album channels gospel warmth and folk-rock grit into songs that feel communal rather than confessional. It's the kind of record that rewards a needle drop on a rainy afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHallelujah Anyhow is the next studio album from Hiss Golden Messenger, out September 22 worldwide on Merge Records. Its ten new songs, penned by HGM principal M.C. Taylor, were recorded with Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Josh Kaufman, Darren Jessee, Michael Lewis, and Evan Ringel. Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, Tift Merritt, Skylar Gudasz, Tamisha Waden, Mac McCaughan, and John Paul White provided vocal harmonies. From the desk of M.C. Taylor, July 18, 2017: I’m from nowhere. That’s the way I feel about it now, right at this moment. Music took me and made me and gave me a purpose and I built my world with it, and now my geography is a musical one, forever. And when I break, when I think about running as far as I can, I remember that there is nothing that does me like music, and I might as well be a poor man in a world of my own device. Hallelujah anyhow. Rhythm? I learned it over twenty years in the back of rented vans, in attics and back rooms—hard places to get to, harder places to get out of. And now rhythm is my clock and I live by it. We all do. But it’ll kill you if you’re not careful. It might kill you even if you are. Hallelujah anyhow. I see the dark clouds. I was designed to see them. They’re the same clouds of fear and destruction that have darkened the world since Revelations, just different actors. But this music is for hope. That’s the only thing I want to say about it. Love is the only way out. I’ve never been afraid of the darkness; it’s just a different kind of light. And if some days that belief comes harder than others, hallelujah anyhow. Whatcha gonna do when the wall comes down? When the wall comes down? What you ought to do is let it lie—let it lie And in the gathering darkness vow to never go back It was built by man and you can tear it down Tear it down, tear it down Step back, Jack, from the darkness I’ve seen darker things than night. Hallelujah anyhow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide A\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Jenny Of The Roses (3:39)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Lost Out In The Darkness (3:22)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Jaw (3:13)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Harder Rain (4:15)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. I Am The Song (2:49)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide B\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Gulfport You've Been On My Mind (4:42)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. John The Gun (3:28)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Domino (Time Will Tell) (3:44)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Caledonia, My Love (3:04)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. When The Wall Comes Down (4:04)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855060514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.6.17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455526678683,"sku":"212384","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-hallelujah-anyhow-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1777604417"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-heart-like-a-levee-cd","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Heart Like A Levee (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor has spent years building Hiss Golden Messenger into one of the most emotionally honest projects in American roots music, drawing on country, gospel, and folk in ways that feel lived-in rather than studied. \"Heart Like A Levee\" arrived at a moment when Taylor was finding his footing as a full-time musician, and that tension between duty and devotion runs through every track. Durham, North Carolina rarely sounds this wide open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe writing of the songs that became Heart Like a Levee started in a hotel room in Washington DC in January of 2015 during a powerful storm that darkened the East Coast. At that time I was feeling—more acutely than I had ever felt before—wrenched apart by my responsibilities to my family and to my music. Forgetting, momentarily, that for me, each exists only with the other. How could I forget? Though maybe my lapse was reasonable: I had just quit my job, the most recent and last, in a series of dead-end gigs stretching back 20 years, with the vow that my children would understand their father as a man in love with his world and the inventor of his own days. They would be rare in that regard. And then—driven by monthly bills and pure fear— I left for another tour, carrying a load of guilt that I could just barely lift. But in that snowy hotel room I found the refrain that became my compass: I was a dreamer, babe, when I set out on the road; but did I say I could find my way home? --M.C. Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Biloxi\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Tell Her I'm Just Dancing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Heart Like A Levee\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Like A Mirror Loves A Hammer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Smoky's Song\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Cracked Windshield\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. As The Crow Flies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Happy Day (Sister My Sister)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Say It Like You Mean It\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Ace Of Cups\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Highland Grace\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855057521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.7.16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455533232283,"sku":"504239","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-heart-like-a-levee-cd-relix.jpg?v=1777604299"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-devotion-songs-about-rivers-spirits-children-cd","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Devotion: Songs About Rivers \u0026 Spirits \u0026 Children (4-CD Box Set)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor recorded *Bad Debt* alone in his living room during one of the harder stretches of his life, and that rawness became the foundation everything else was built on. The three albums collected here trace the arc from that intimate, confessional beginning through the richer, band-driven sound of *Poor Moon* and *Haw*, documenting a songwriter finding his footing and his people in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis limited-edition deluxe 4-CD box set includes remastered reissues of three classic Hiss Golden Messenger albums-Bad Debt, Poor Moon, and Haw-plus Virgo Fool, a bonus album of Hiss rarities available physically only with this collection. The iconographic artwork for each individual album as well as the box set and poster were designed in close collaboration between M.C. Taylor and artist Sam Smith to shed new light on this vital chapter in the Hiss Golden Messenger story. Each reissue features newly penned liner notes by Amanda Petrusich (The New Yorker), with John Mulvey (Uncut, MOJO) providing the essay for Virgo Fool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Balthazar's Song\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. No Lord Is Free\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Bad Debt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. O Little Light\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Straw Man Red Sun River Gold\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Far Bright Star\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. The Serpent Is Kind (Compared To Man)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Call Him Daylight\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Jesus Shot Me In The Head\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Super Blue (Two Days Clean)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Roll River Roll\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. Drum\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 2\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Blue Country Mystic\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Call Him Daylight\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Drummer Down\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Under All The Land\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Westering\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Pittsboro Farewell (Two Monarchs)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Super Blue (Two Days Clean)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Jesus Shot Me In The Head\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. O Little Light\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. A Working Man Can't Make It No Way\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Dreamwood\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. Balthazar's Song\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 3\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Red Rose Nantahala\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Sufferer (Love My Conqueror)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. I've Got A Name For The Newborn Child\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Hat Of Rain\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Devotion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. The Serpent Is Kind (Compared To Man)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Sweet As John Hurt\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Cheerwine Easter\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Hark Maker (Glory Rag)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Busted Note\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. What Shall Be (Shall Be Enough)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eDisc 4\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Rock Holy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Black Country Woman\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Joyce \u0026amp; Joel\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Lion\/Lamb\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Father Sky\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Issa\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Back To The River Again\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Tell Everyone\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Karen's Blues\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. The Revenant\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Hard Promises\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855065526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.16.18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455534477467,"sku":"242628","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-devotion-songs-about-rivers-spirits-children-cd-relix.jpg?v=1777581610"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-quietly-blowing-it-lp-vinyl","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Quietly Blowing It (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there's a prevailing notion—a thesis, if you will—to Quietly Blowing It, Hiss Golden Messenger's latest album, it's that, no matter how bad things seem, hope springs eternal. \"So forward, children\/ Never back down,\" frontman M.C. Taylor remarks on the optimistic singalong \"Hardlytown.\" \"What used to hurt you can't hurt you now\/ The world feels broken, I ain't joking, babe\/ Never back down.\" Written in the throes of the earliest months of lockdown in 2020, Quietly Blowing It is the sound of a man who, for the first time in a long time, had a moment to pause, but didn't back down. It's a culmination, in many ways, of the evolution of Hiss Golden Messenger, from the lo-fi kitchen recordings of 2010's Bad Debt to a rotating outfit of stellar musicians from North Carolina and beyond, one of the most reliable touring bands in the cosmic Americana space. Taylor has been on a musical journey since 2014's breakout Lateness of Dancers, fleshing out his sound and cast of supporting players, which on Quietly Blowing It includes Dawes' Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith, Josh Kaufman, Buddy Miller and Scott Hirsch (notably absent is Taylor's usual right-hand man Phil Cook). Quietly Blowing It follows on the heels of 2019's Grammy-nominated Terms of Surrender and carries that vibe and ethos forward. If you like cosmic country grooves, there's \"The Great Mystifier.\" Looking for something soulful that recalls the sound of Richmond's Spacebomb House Band? Try \"Way Back in the Way Back.\" \"Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner)\" does not reference \"Fire on the Mountain,\" but it does recall Fleetwood Mac's enduring \"Dreams\" in the way it floats along, mystically. Taylor has been sharing his record collection on social media, with a particular emphasis on dub and reggae. That influence comes through on album highlight \"Mighty Dollar,\" a song about the pitfalls of capitalism set to an infectious reggae beat destined to become a standout live track. Quietly Blowing It ends with \"Sanctuary,\" a John Prine-referencing balm that opens with a verse that might as well sum up Taylor's career to date: \"Feeling bad\/ Feeling blue\/ Can't get out of my own mind\/ But I know how to sing about it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Rudi Greenberg, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/relix.com\/reviews\/detail\/hiss-golden-messenger-quietly-blowing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRelix\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor has been quietly building one of the most emotionally honest catalogs in American roots music, drawing a devoted following through relentless touring and records that reward repeated listening. Recorded during a period of profound collective uncertainty, *Quietly Blowing It* arrived as a reminder that Taylor's songwriting has always been most powerful when he's working something out in real time, not for an audience, but alongside one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuietly Blowing It is an intimate and introspective offering that finds M.C. Taylor ruminating on themes of growing up, alienation, obligation, hope, purpose, family, class, self-discovery, healing, and rebuilding, fashioned with impressionistic tones. He says the record \"feels like the most personal album that I've made because I'm not trying to explain anything to anyone except myself.\" Taylor reckons with these turbulent times in deeply personal terms and seeks to inspire listeners to do the same. Musically, the new songs are steeped in gospel, Southern soul, indie folk, and alt-country with tinges of blues, rock, and jazz influences running throughout. Highlights include the minimalist R\u0026amp;B of \"It Will If We Let It,\" the rolling country groove of \"The Great Mystifier,\" and the heartfelt, smoky lament of \"Painting Houses\" (co-written with Gregory Alan Isakov). Quietly Blowing It features special guests that include Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Zach Williams of The Lone Bellow, Nashville guitar great Buddy Miller, and producer\/musician Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide A\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Way Back In The Way Back\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. The Great Mystifier\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Mighty Dollar\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Quietly Blowing It\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. It Will If We Let It\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide B\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Hardlytown\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. If It Comes In The Morning\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Glory Strums (Loneliness Of The Long-distance Runner)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Painting Houses\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Angels In The Headlights\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Sanctuary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855075518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.25.21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455534837915,"sku":"336836","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-quietly-blowing-it-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1777604079"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-quietly-blowing-it-cd","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Quietly Blowing It (CD)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there's a prevailing notion—a thesis, if you will—to Quietly Blowing It, Hiss Golden Messenger's latest album, it's that, no matter how bad things seem, hope springs eternal. \"So forward, children\/ Never back down,\" frontman M.C. Taylor remarks on the optimistic singalong \"Hardlytown.\" \"What used to hurt you can't hurt you now\/ The world feels broken, I ain't joking, babe\/ Never back down.\" Written in the throes of the earliest months of lockdown in 2020, Quietly Blowing It is the sound of a man who, for the first time in a long time, had a moment to pause, but didn't back down. It's a culmination, in many ways, of the evolution of Hiss Golden Messenger, from the lo-fi kitchen recordings of 2010's Bad Debt to a rotating outfit of stellar musicians from North Carolina and beyond, one of the most reliable touring bands in the cosmic Americana space. Taylor has been on a musical journey since 2014's breakout Lateness of Dancers, fleshing out his sound and cast of supporting players, which on Quietly Blowing It includes Dawes' Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith, Josh Kaufman, Buddy Miller and Scott Hirsch (notably absent is Taylor's usual right-hand man Phil Cook). Quietly Blowing It follows on the heels of 2019's Grammy-nominated Terms of Surrender and carries that vibe and ethos forward. If you like cosmic country grooves, there's \"The Great Mystifier.\" Looking for something soulful that recalls the sound of Richmond's Spacebomb House Band? Try \"Way Back in the Way Back.\" \"Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner)\" does not reference \"Fire on the Mountain,\" but it does recall Fleetwood Mac's enduring \"Dreams\" in the way it floats along, mystically. Taylor has been sharing his record collection on social media, with a particular emphasis on dub and reggae. That influence comes through on album highlight \"Mighty Dollar,\" a song about the pitfalls of capitalism set to an infectious reggae beat destined to become a standout live track. Quietly Blowing It ends with \"Sanctuary,\" a John Prine-referencing balm that opens with a verse that might as well sum up Taylor's career to date: \"Feeling bad\/ Feeling blue\/ Can't get out of my own mind\/ But I know how to sing about it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Rudi Greenberg, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/relix.com\/reviews\/detail\/hiss-golden-messenger-quietly-blowing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRelix\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor has spent years building one of the most quietly devoted followings in the Americana underground, earning trust through relentless touring and records that never chase trends. *Quietly Blowing It*, released during a period when live music had gone silent, carries the particular weight of an artist turning inward when the road disappears, making its communal warmth feel hard-won rather than assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuietly Blowing It is an intimate and introspective offering that finds M.C. Taylor ruminating on themes of growing up, alienation, obligation, hope, purpose, family, class, self-discovery, healing, and rebuilding, fashioned with impressionistic tones. He says the record \"feels like the most personal album that I've made because I'm not trying to explain anything to anyone except myself.\" Taylor reckons with these turbulent times in deeply personal terms and seeks to inspire listeners to do the same. Musically, the new songs are steeped in gospel, Southern soul, indie folk, and alt-country with tinges of blues, rock, and jazz influences running throughout. Highlights include the minimalist R\u0026amp;B of \"It Will If We Let It,\" the rolling country groove of \"The Great Mystifier,\" and the heartfelt, smoky lament of \"Painting Houses\" (co-written with Gregory Alan Isakov). Quietly Blowing It features special guests that include Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Zach Williams of The Lone Bellow, Nashville guitar great Buddy Miller, and producer\/musician Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Way Back In The Way Back (4:00)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. The Great Mystifier (2:57)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Mighty Dollar (4:22)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Quietly Blowing It (4:17)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. It Will If We Let It (3:06)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Hardlytown (3:17)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. If It Comes In The Morning (4:06)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Glory Strums (Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner) (3:28)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Painting Houses (3:26)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Angels In The Headlights (1:54)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Sanctuary (4:27)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855075525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.25.21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455542210715,"sku":"691016","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-quietly-blowing-it-cd-relix.jpg?v=1777604100"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-jump-for-joy-lp-vinyl","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Jump For Joy (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's no shortage of excellent indie-Americana songwriters these days so it is easy to overlook M.C. Taylor and his now longstanding Hiss Golden Messenger outfit. But that's not recommended. Throughout his body of work, and especially during the last several years, Taylor's albums have become increasingly intricate in ways that feel familiar—he's not huge on sonic experimentation—yet still new. Taylor has said that the mood he aimed to capture with Jump for Joy is exactly what the title references—a feeling that's \"laughing in the face of catastrophe.\" Recorded in just two weeks outside of El Paso, Texas, the album's 14 tracks delve deeper into rock-and-roll than Taylor has on previous efforts. Songs like \"Feeling Eternal,\" \"Shinbone\" and \"I Saw the New Day in the World\" sound like long-lost relics from the '80s, when slick sunglasses and Huey Lewis ruled the airwaves, giving off a driving, synthy feel. \"20 Years and a Nickel\" weaves bouncy funk elements over a soft piano presence, while Taylor manages to make the line \"Guess I shoulda been smarter\" feel upbeat. That same feeling of actualization shines especially bright on the album's lead single, \"Nu-Grape,\" which comes complete with saxophones, a driving piano line and an overall gospel vibe. It's rock from multiple eras mixed into moments of joy, defiance and acceptance. If you're concerned about the state of the world—and who isn't?—then Jump for Joy is certainly a reprieve that will let you see the other side for a moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Mike Ayers, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/relix.com\/reviews\/detail\/hiss-golden-messenger-jump-for-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRelix\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMC Taylor has been refining his songwriting voice across more than a decade of Hiss Golden Messenger records, but Jump for Joy finds him turning inward in a way that feels genuinely new, tracing the distance between who he was and who he became. Recorded at Sonic Ranch, a studio with deep roots in serious American music-making, the album captures a band that has spent years on the road together, and it shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs that make up Jump for Joy the sharpest and most autobiographical that MC Taylor has written under the Hiss Golden Messenger name read as a sort of epistolary, postcards between the present-day songwriter and his alias Michael Crow, a teenaged dreamer very much like Taylor himself, who trips his way through the 14 tunes that make up the record. Produced by MC Taylor and engineered by longtime Hiss Golden Messenger compatriot Scott Hirsch over two weeks in the late fall of 2022 at the fabled Sonic Ranch studio in Tornillo, TX, just a short walk from the Mexican border, Jump for Joy dances with joyful, spontaneous energy that feels like a fresh chapter in the Hiss Golden Messenger oeuvre. Taylor is accompanied throughout the album by his crack live band: guitarist Chris Boerner, bassist Alex Bingham, keyboardist Sam Fribush, and drummer Nick Falk, a collection of musicians that have helped make Hiss Golden Messenger's live performances legendary affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide A\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. 20 Years and a Nickel\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Alice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. I Saw the New Day in the World\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Shinbone\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Little Pink Church\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Jesus is Bored\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Nu-Grape\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide B\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Feeling Eternal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Jump for Joy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. The Wondering\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Palo Santo\/Cloud Mesa\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. California King\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. My Old Friends\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Sunset on the Faders\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855082516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.25.23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455545356443,"sku":"439785","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-jump-for-joy-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1777604223"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-o-come-all-ye-faithful-cd","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – O Come All Ye Faithful (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor has spent years building one of the most spiritually honest catalogs in American roots music, drawing from gospel, soul, and folk traditions without ever losing the personal thread. That sensibility makes him a natural fit for this kind of project, where the weight of the season calls for something more than celebration, something closer to witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConceptualized and written during the chaotic fall months of 2020, Hiss Golden Messenger's O Come All Ye Faithful-recorded shortly after the widely hailed Quietly Blowing It-is a meditation on grace, loss, hope, and community. Explains songwriter M.C. Taylor, \"Big, brash holiday music-the type that we hear in big-box stores in the middle of December-has never resonated with me, and this past year it felt absolutely dissonant. I wanted to make a seasonal record that felt more in step with the way that I, and so many others, experience this time of year: quiet, contemplative, searching, and bittersweet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Hung Fire\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. O Come All Ye Faithful\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Grace\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. By the Lights of St. Stephen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Shine a Light\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Joy to the World\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Silent Night\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Hanukkah Dance\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. As Long As I Can See the Light\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855077529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.29.21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455553450139,"sku":"527076","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-o-come-all-ye-faithful-cd-relix.jpg?v=1777604160"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-jump-for-joy-cd","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – Jump For Joy (CD)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eReview\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's no shortage of excellent indie-Americana songwriters these days so it is easy to overlook M.C. Taylor and his now longstanding Hiss Golden Messenger outfit. But that's not recommended. Throughout his body of work, and especially during the last several years, Taylor's albums have become increasingly intricate in ways that feel familiar—he's not huge on sonic experimentation—yet still new. Taylor has said that the mood he aimed to capture with Jump for Joy is exactly what the title references—a feeling that's \"laughing in the face of catastrophe.\" Recorded in just two weeks outside of El Paso, Texas, the album's 14 tracks delve deeper into rock-and-roll than Taylor has on previous efforts. Songs like \"Feeling Eternal,\" \"Shinbone\" and \"I Saw the New Day in the World\" sound like long-lost relics from the '80s, when slick sunglasses and Huey Lewis ruled the airwaves, giving off a driving, synthy feel. \"20 Years and a Nickel\" weaves bouncy funk elements over a soft piano presence, while Taylor manages to make the line \"Guess I shoulda been smarter\" feel upbeat. That same feeling of actualization shines especially bright on the album's lead single, \"Nu-Grape,\" which comes complete with saxophones, a driving piano line and an overall gospel vibe. It's rock from multiple eras mixed into moments of joy, defiance and acceptance. If you're concerned about the state of the world—and who isn't?—then Jump for Joy is certainly a reprieve that will let you see the other side for a moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e— Mike Ayers, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/relix.com\/reviews\/detail\/hiss-golden-messenger-jump-for-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRelix\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMC Taylor has been quietly building one of the most honest bodies of work in American roots music over the past decade, rooted in Durham, North Carolina and deeply informed by the same spiritual restlessness that runs through the best of Van Morrison and Townes Van Zandt. Jump for Joy finds him at a moment of creative confidence, letting the grooves breathe and the melodies carry weight that rewards repeated listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe songs that make up Jump for Joy the sharpest and most autobiographical that MC Taylor has written under the Hiss Golden Messenger name read as a sort of epistolary, postcards between the present-day songwriter and his alias Michael Crow, a teenaged dreamer very much like Taylor himself, who trips his way through the 14 tunes that make up the record. Produced by MC Taylor and engineered by longtime Hiss Golden Messenger compatriot Scott Hirsch over two weeks in the late fall of 2022 at the fabled Sonic Ranch studio in Tornillo, TX, just a short walk from the Mexican border, Jump for Joy dances with joyful, spontaneous energy that feels like a fresh chapter in the Hiss Golden Messenger oeuvre. Taylor is accompanied throughout the album by his crack live band: guitarist Chris Boerner, bassist Alex Bingham, keyboardist Sam Fribush, and drummer Nick Falk, a collection of musicians that have helped make Hiss Golden Messenger's live performances legendary affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. 20 Years And A Nickel (3:10)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Alice (0:24)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. I Saw The New Day In The World (3:21)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Shinbone (3:47)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Little Pink Church (0:54)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Jesus Is Bored (4:07)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Nu-Grape (3:28)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Feeling Eternal (3:25)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Jump For Joy (3:04)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. The Wondering (3:57)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Palo Santo \/ Cloud Mesa (0:29)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. California King (2:46)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e13. My Old Friends (3:32)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e14. Sunset On The Faders (3:34)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 673855082523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Merge Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.25.23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455567736987,"sku":"593109","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-hiss-golden-messenger-jump-for-joy-cd-relix.jpg?v=1777604262"},{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-im-people-cd","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger – I'm People (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM.C. Taylor has spent the better part of two decades building one of American roots music's most quietly essential bodies of work, his songwriting rooted in the Carolina Piedmont tradition but always reaching toward something more restless and searching. Moving to Chrysalis marks a new chapter for an artist whose catalog rewards the kind of patient, repeated listening that reveals new details on every pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHiss Golden Messenger - I'm People. The brand-new album from Hiss Golden Messenger and the first release with Chrysalis Records. I'm People is a vivid, deeply human album born from a period of rupture, renewal, and vast American wandering. Written across Bolinas, the North Carolina Piedmont, and a Santa Fe motel room, the record traces the artist's search for clarity through landscapes both external and internal. These songs move through heartbreak, aging, fatherhood, desire, disillusionment, and the hard-won hope that remains after the spirit has been scraped bare. Produced with Josh Kaufman at Dreamland, a decommissioned church outside Woodstock, the album carries the warmth of musicians playing live in a circle, stained-glass light filtering across guitars, drums, and upright bass. Contributions from Bruce Hornsby, Sam Beam, Marcus King, Sara Watkins, Amy Helm, Eric D. Johnson, and members of Dawes enrich a sound world that feels immediate, vulnerable, and fully alive. \"I'm People is an intensely human record, and so one that needed to feel immediate, vulnerable, and fully dancing; something you could touch, sing along to, know about, recognize, relate with. 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