Hallelujah Anyhow is the next studio album from Hiss Golden Messenger, out September 22 worldwide on Merge Records. Its ten new songs, penned by HGM principal M.C. Taylor, were recorded with Brad Cook, Phil Cook, Josh Kaufman, Darren Jessee, Michael Lewis, and Evan Ringel. Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, Tift Merritt, Skylar Gudasz, Tamisha Waden, Mac McCaughan, and John Paul White provided vocal harmonies. From the desk of M.C. Taylor, July 18, 2017: Im from nowhere. Thats the way I feel about it now, right at this moment. Music took me and made me and gave me a purpose and I built my world with it, and now my geography is a musical one, forever. And when I break, when I think about running as far as I can, I remember that there is nothing that does me like music, and I might as well be a poor man in a world of my own device. Hallelujah anyhow. Rhythm? I learned it over twenty years in the back of rented vans, in attics and back roomshard places to get to, harder places to get out of. And now rhythm is my clock and I live by it. We all do. But itll kill you if youre not careful. It might kill you even if you are. Hallelujah anyhow. I see the dark clouds. I was designed to see them. Theyre the same clouds of fear and destruction that have darkened the world since Revelations, just different actors. But this music is for hope. Thats the only thing I want to say about it. Love is the only way out. Ive never been afraid of the darkness; its just a different kind of light. And if some days that belief comes harder than others, hallelujah anyhow. Whatcha gonna do when the wall comes down? When the wall comes down? What you ought to do is let it lielet it lie And in the gathering darkness vow to never go back It was built by man and you can tear it down Tear it down, tear it down Step back, Jack, from the darkness Ive seen darker things than night. Hallelujah anyhow.

Tracklist:

1. Jenny Of The Roses
2. Lost Out In The Darkness
3. Jaw
4. Harder Rain
5. I Am The Song
6. Gulfport Youve Been On My Mind
7. John The Gun
8. Domino (Time Will Tell)
9. Caledonia, My Love
10. When The Wall Comes Down

UPC: 673855060514
Label: Merge Records
Release Date: 10.6.17
Format: Vinyl