Grammy nominee Hiss Golden Messenger has just released the new track "Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner)” from the highly anticipated album Quietly Blowing It (Merge Records), out on June 25th. The video for "Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner)," directed by Vikesh Kapoor, premiered today at Consequence as part of their insightful "Origins" series. Watch it HERE
Hiss Golden Messenger bandleader, songwriter and lead vocalist M.C. Taylor says of the new song: "Glory Strums' was written in the chaotic green spring of 2020 as a hymn to finding the places and spaces that make us human."
Hiss Golden Messenger has announced a long-awaited Winter/Spring tour in support of Quietly Blowing It, which begins on November 30th in Hummelstown, P. heading to Webster Hall in New York City on December 2nd. The run of 30+ dates will take the Durham, NC-based group coast to coast with stops that include Cambridge, MA, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Charleston, SC, Atlanta, New Orleans, Austin, San Francisco, Portland, OR, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis and Chicago before winding things up in Nashville on March 12th. See full list of dates below.
Quietly Blowing It was written, arranged, and produced by Taylor and is the follow-up to 2019's critically acclaimed release Terms of Surrender, which received a 2021 Grammy Award nomination for Best Americana Album. Special guests and contributors include Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Tony Award-winning artist Anaïs Mitchell, Zach Williams of The Lone Bellow, Nashville guitar great Buddy Miller, and producer/musician Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman.
Pre-order Quietly Blowing It HERE now on CD, LP, and metallic blue Peak Vinyl, or wherever records are sold.
Hiss Golden Messenger Winter/Spring Tour Dates
November 30 – Hummelstown, PA – The Englewood
December 2 - New York, NY – Webster Hall
December 3 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
December 4 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
December 6 - Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall
December 7 - Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
December 8 - Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
December 9 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
December 10 – Columbia, SC - The Senate
December 11 - Charleston, SC - The Pour House
February 3 - Greenville, SC – Radio Room
February 4 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
February 5 – Birmingham, AL - Saturn
February 6 - New Orleans, LA – Tipitina's F
ebruary 9 – Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
February 10 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips
February 11 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
February 12 - Austin, TX - Scoot Inn
February 14 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
February 16 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
February 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour
February 19 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
February 23 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
February 24 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
February 25 – Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
February 26 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial Vancouver
March 1 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
March 2 - Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room
March 3 – Fort Collins, CO – Venue TBA
March 4 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theate
March 5 – Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
March 7 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar
March 8 - St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
March 9 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
March 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe
March 11 – Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
March 12 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl
