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HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER

0	LEEDS: Brudenell Social Club
P	Sunday 8th February, 2015
N	7:30pm

Event information

Hailing from Durham, North Carolina, M.C. Taylor—Hiss Golden Messenger—has been writing some of the most highly regarded folk-rock/Americana music of the last decade, all the while remaining firmly planted outside the confines of the most recent folk-pop revival. Past Hiss Golden Messenger records have found Taylor grappling with questions of faith, addiction, honesty, and the existential dilemmas of growing older (if not wiser). On Lateness, Taylor—now a father twice over—continues to travel these paths with a warmth, deep immediacy, emotional complexity, and exploratory vision that are hallmarks of the HGM catalogue. Simply put: there is nobody making music like Hiss Golden Messenger.

Critical acclaim for Lateness of Dancers, out now on Merge Records:

"The rainbow arcing over MC Taylor on the sleeve of his fifth abum indicates that the singer-songwriter is continuing to find the subtle beauties you discover when you gaze up at dark clouds of spiritual doubt long enough. Taylor's sound is a direct descendent of Neil Young's Harvest, with a swinging ease in the melodies and grit and blues in the guitars."
The Telegraph – 5 Stars *****

"Lateness Of Dancers is an American record of immense spiritual and musical grace; sometime it recalls Fleetwood Mac's most AM friendly moments, while songs like the grave title track hum with the dewy possibility of new mornings".
NME – 9/10

"An album of such staggering spiritual depth, Lateness of Dancers has the unmistakable aura of a deep classic. It is a US masterpiece."
Record Collector – 5 Stars *****

"Variously heartrending and uplifting, Lateness Of Dancers is enriching stuff"
Q – 4 Stars ****

"His voice is a gorgeous, low-slung burr, his melodies are fireside-warm... A soundtrack to haunt and comfort in equal measure."
MOJO – 4 Stars ****

"MC Taylor's latest band effort is a set of warm, hook-studded songs that recall Dylan and Wilco, and convince when tapping dirty, bar-room blues"
Metro 4 Stars ****

"Another step forward for Hiss Golden Messenger… An album of grace… Songs that transcend the everyday by hymning it's subtleties."
Uncut

"A sumptuous Americana blend of country-soul and folk."
The Sunday Times

"Lateness Of Dancers is an understated album, but when its pleasure reveal themselves, they stick… An album of discreet charm"
The Guardian

"This 10-song collection leaves nothing to chance, hitting every emotional high and low with confidence and sparkling musicianship."
Paste

"Taylor sounds like a country preacher greeting parishioners as they leave the sermon some bright Sunday morning, bidding each of them to ‘take the good news, spirit it away."
Pitchfork

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HissGoldenMessenger
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hissgldnmssr
Label home: http://www.mergerecords.com/hiss-golden-messenger
HGM Blog: http://hissgoldenmessenger.blogspot.co.uk

'Mahogany Dread' (Official Music Video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkdsr-NpyDI

Venue information

LEEDS: Brudenell Social Club

0	33 Queens Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS6 1NY
>	www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk
!	01132752411
`	Live music will generally begin around 30 minutes after doors open.