Jump for Joy, by Hiss Golden Messenger

Jump for Joy

by Hiss Golden Messenger

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1.	20 Years and a Nickel 03:09	buy track
2.	Alice 00:23	buy track
3.	I Saw the New Day in the World 03:20	buy track
4.	Shinbone 03:46	buy track
5.	Little Pink Church 00:53	buy track
6.	Jesus Is Bored 04:07	buy track
7.	Nu-Grape 03:28	buy track
8.	Feeling Eternal 03:24	buy track
9.	Jump for Joy 03:04	buy track
10.	The Wondering 03:56	buy track
11.	Palo Santo/Cloud Mesa 00:29	buy track
12.	California King 02:45	buy track
13.	My Old Friends 03:31	buy track
14.	Sunset on the Faders 03:33	buy track

about

The songs that make up Jump for Joy—the sharpest and most autobiographical that M.C. Taylor has written under the Hiss name—read as a sort of epistolary, postcards between the present-day songwriter and his alias Michael Crow, a teenaged dreamer very much like Taylor himself, who trips his way through the 14 tunes that make up the record. In this way, Jump for Joy is a meditation on a life lived with art, and the ways that our hopes and dreams and decisions bump up against—and, with a little bit of luck, occasionally merge with—real life.

Produced by Taylor and engineered by longtime Hiss compatriot Scott Hirsch over two weeks in the late fall of 2022 at the fabled Sonic Ranch studio in Tornillo, TX, just a short walk from the Mexican border, Jump for Joy dances with joyful, spontaneous energy that feels like a fresh chapter in the Hiss Golden Messenger oeuvre. Taylor is accompanied throughout the album by his crack live band: guitarist Chris Boerner, bassist Alex Bingham, keyboardist Sam Fribush, and drummer Nick Falk, a collection of musicians that have helped make Hiss Golden Messenger’s live performances legendary affairs.

credits

released August 25, 2023

M.C. Taylor – acoustic and electric guitar, singing
Alex Bingham – bass, Juno, Prophet, MPC, OP-1, Mellotron, singing
Chris Boerner – acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer
Nick Falk – drums and percussion, singing
Sam Fribush – piano, Hammond organ, Clavinet, Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes, Yamaha CP-70, synthesizer, steel pan, singing

Matt Douglas – saxophone
Meg Duffy – singing
Alice Gerrard – counting
Tatiana Hargreaves – fiddle
Amy Helm – singing
Eric D. Johnson – singing
Aoife O’Donovan – singing

Produced by M.C. Taylor.

Recorded at Sonic Ranch, Tornillo, TX, by Scott Hirsch, with assistance from Mario Ramirez.
Additional recording by M.C. Taylor at Dad’s Bar & Grill, Durham, NC;
Chris Boerner at The Palace, Raleigh, NC, and Overdub Lane, Durham, NC;
Meg Duffy at Hanging Rock Studios, Los Angeles, CA; and
Pete Hanlon at Moonlight Lane Studios, West Saugerties, NY.

Mixed by Chris Boerner and M.C. Taylor at The Palace.
Mastered at The Kitchen Mastering, Carrboro, NC.

All songs written by M.C. Taylor/Prophecy Connection Songs, BMI. Copyright 2023.
Arranged and orchestrated by Taylor, Bingham, Boerner, Falk, and Fribush.

Hiss Golden Messenger is represented by Brian Schwartz and Brody Miller at 7S Management and by Adam Voith at Creative Artists Agency. Our grateful thanks.

Cover photograph by M.C. Taylor. Interior photographs and artwork by Chris Frisina. Layout and design by Daniel Murphy.

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shows

Jun 1

Grand Ole Opry House

Nashville, TN
Jul 11

Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery

Woodinville, WA
Jul 20

One Longfellow Square

Portland, ME
Jul 24

Cat's Cradle

Carrboro, NC
Sep 13

Town Park

Telluride, CO
Sep 19

Kentucky State Fair & Exposition Center

Louisville, KY

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