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Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee

Review by Sam Cleeve

One just in time for the autumn, and then some.»

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The writing of the songs that became 'Heart Like a Levee' started in a hotel room in Washington DC in January of 2015 during a powerful storm that darkened the East Coast. At that time I was feeling - more acutely than I had ever felt before - wrenched apart by my responsibilities to my family and to my music. Forgetting, momentarily, that for me, each exists only with the other. How could I forget? Though maybe my lapse was reasonable: I had just quit my job, the most recent and last, in a series of dead-end gigs stretching back 20 years, with the vow that my children would understand their father as a man in love with his world and the inventor of his own days. They would be rare in that regard. And then - driven by monthly bills and pure fear - I left for another tour, carrying a load of guilt that I could just barely lift. But in that snowy hotel room I found the refrain that became my compass: I was a dreamer, babe, when I set out on the road; but did I say I could find my way home? M.C. TaylorCD - Digipak with poster style insert. 11 Tracks.2CD - Deluxe 2CD is Digipak / Softpak with obi wrap and poster style insert. Includes the 8 Track 'Vestapol'. 19 Tracks total.LP - 11 Tracks with Download.2LP - Deluxe 2LP in Gatefold Sleeve poster plus obi wrap and Download. Includes the 8 Track 'Vestapol'. 19 Tracks total.
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