Independent but stronger together.
Independent but stronger together.
“I went looking for peace,” says songwriter M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger about his new album Quietly Blowing It.
“It’s not exactly a record about the state of the world - or my world - in 2020, but more a retrospective of the past five years of my life, painted in sort of impressionistic hues. Maybe I had the presence of mind when I was writing Quietly Blowing It to know that this was the time to go as deep as I needed to in order to make a record like this. And I got the time required in order to do that.”
He pauses and laughs ruefully. “I got way more time than I needed, actually.”
+ Dinked Edition 104
+ Released: 7th May 2021
+ Merge / MRG755LP-C4
+ Powder blue swirl vinyl
+ 22.75" x 33" folded newsprint poster
+ “Live in Leeds” CD
+ Numbered edition
+ Limited pressing of 500
Dinked exclusive Live in Leeds CD
- There’s a New Day Coming
- Jaw
- Call Him Daylight
- Red Rose Nantahala
- My Wing
- Terms of Surrender
- Blue Country Mystic
- Highland Grace
- Beat the Retreat
- Harder Rain
This performance was recorded by Luc Suèr at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on the evening of December 12, 2019. It was mixed by Luc in January 2021 and mastered by Chris Boerner.
All songs copyright Prophecy Connection Songs, BMI, with the exception of “There’s a New Day Coming,” which is an adaptation of Bernice Johnson Reagon’s “There’s a New World Coming,” and “Beat the Retreat” by Richard & Linda Thompson.
Harmony on “Beat the Retreat” is sung by Olivia Chaney.
Photos by Chris Frisina.
Design by Daniel Murphy.