Hiss Golden Messenger

"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

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.