Hiss Golden Messenger "Quietly Blowing It" Mo-Fi Edition Rod produced the album (with

Rod produced the album (with engineer Dale Hanson)

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Hiss Golden Messenger "Quietly Blowing It" Mo-Fi Edition Rod produced the album (withQuietly Blowing It is an intimate and introspective offering that finds M. C. Taylor ruminating on themes of growing up, alienation, obligation, hope, purpose, family, class, self discovery, healing, and rebuilding, fashioned with impressionistic tones. He says the record "feels like the most personal album that I've made because I'm not trying to explain anything to anyone except myself." Taylor reckons with these turbulent times in deeply personal