Hiss Golden Messenger steps into a happier era - Charleston City Paper
Hiss Golden Messenger, led by singer, songwriter and guitarist MC Taylor, released last August its 15th album, Jump For Joy.
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Hiss Golden Messenger, led by singer, songwriter and guitarist MC Taylor, released last August its 15th album, Jump For Joy.
Hiss Golden Messenger’s MC Taylor recently performed songs from his new album, ‘Jump For Joy’ at Raleigh’s 95.7 That Station.
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The cover of Hiss Golden Messenger’s latest LP pretty much says it all: If the world is indeed headed for its final reckoning, we might as well go out grinning. On the surface at least, Jump For Joy (Merge) is bandleader M.C. Taylor at his most, well, joyful. It also may be his most fully realized batch of tunes, and it’s easily his least folky and most groove-focused—embracing R&B, reggae, new wave and a jazzy, refined rock spin that brings to mind Steely Dan.