Taylor, Quietly Blowing It is the follow-up to his 2019’s release Terms of Surrender. Written, arranged, and produced by bandleader/songwriter M.C.
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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. Hiss Golden Messenger will release his new new album Quietly Blowing It via Merge Records on June 25th. 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. Taylor has been sharing his record collection on social media, with a particular emphasis on dub and reggae. 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. Quietly Blowing It follows on the heels of 2019’s Grammy-nominated Terms of Surrender and carries that vibe and ethos forward. 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).
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 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. “So forward, children/ Never back down,” frontman M.C. If 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.
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