On June 25, 2021, “Merge Records” label released “Quietly Blowing It”, the twelve Hiss Golden Messenger studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Overdub Lane”, “Echo Magic”, “The Shed”, “Starr Sound”, “The Old Pillow Studio”, “The Boom Boom Room”, “Dad’s Bar & Grill”, and was produced by M.C. Taylor.
Personnel:
- M.C. Taylor – lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitar, additional recording
- Chris Boerner – electric guitar
- Buddy Miller – electric guitar
- Josh Kaufman – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin
- Scott Hirsch – lap steel guitar, synthesizer
- James Wallace – piano, additional recording
- Devonne Harris – piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, clavinet
- Alex Bingham – bass, synthesizer
- Brevan Hampden – drums, percussion
- Matt McCaughan – drums, percussion, synthesizer
- Stuart Bogie – saxophone
- Matt Douglas – saxophone
- Griffin Goldsmith – singing
- Taylor Goldsmith – singing
- Sonyia Turner – singing
- Zach Williams – singing
- Luc Suèr – recording
- Darryl Norsen – layout, design
- Chris Frisina – cover photography
Track listing:
All tracks by M.C. Taylor, except where noted.
- Way Back in the Way Back
- The Great Mystifier
- Mighty Dollar
- Quietly Blowing It
- It Will If We Let It
- Hardlytown
- If It Comes in the Morning – Anaïs Mitchell, M.C. Taylor
- Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long – Distance Runner)
- Painting Houses – Gregory Alan Isakov, M.C. Taylor
- Angels in the Headlights
- Sanctuary
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