{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger_quietly-blowing-it-alternate-cover-version_2025_mdl","title":"Quietly Blowing It (Alternate Cover Version)","description":"For his new album *Quietly Blowing It*, M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger embarks on a quest for inner peace. “It’s not exactly a record about the state of the world—or my own—in 2020, but rather a retrospective of the past five years of my life, painted in impressionistic hues,” he explains. Written and arranged in his home studio, a true 8x10-foot sanctuary filled with books, vinyl, and vintage guitars, the album emerged from a daily writing routine that allowed him to delve deep into his emotions while remaining close to his family. Between March and June, Taylor composed and recorded over two dozen tracks, playing most of the instruments himself, before selecting those that would form the album and presenting them to his band. In July, they gathered at Overdub Lane in Durham, NC, to record *Quietly Blowing It* as an organic unit, drawing on their years together on the road. The album tackles the \"broken American moment\" with intimate, human intensity, from the traveler's lament on \"Way Back in the Way Back\" to the Allman-esque grooves of \"The Great Mystifier,\" the airy soul of \"It Will If We Let It,\" and the delicately melancholic title track, enriched by Buddy Miller’s guitar. It closes with the single \"Sanctuary,\" which explores the reconciliation between tragedy and joy, with references to John Prine, economic inequality, and redemptive hope. Between pain and song, Taylor delivers the spiritual essence of Hiss Golden Messenger here.","brand":"Hiss Golden Messenger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56383679431000,"sku":null,"price":20251205.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/0673855075556_cc1e2f72-fb8e-4e6e-b220-36d0c8c66d4a.jpg?v=1768245893","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/hiss-golden-messenger_quietly-blowing-it-alternate-cover-version_2025_mdl","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}