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Hiss Golden Messenger - Bad Debt

Review by Jazz Monroe

A promising collection from a confident songwriter, which’d be more than worthy as a debut album proper. »

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'bad debt' introduces an important and hotly tipped once-in-a-generation artist, setting the trajectory for two full band studio albums scheduled for 2011. hiss golden messenger is the current recording name of mc taylor, a songwriter whose work is spun from the very brightest threads of the cosmic american song book. taylor formerly fronted seminal alt-country rockers the court and spark and has a voice that could charm birds from trees. stark and focussed, echoes of john martyn, tim hardin, neil young, jackson c frank and townes van zandt can be heard loud and clear in a sound that combines shades of folk, blues, country, soul and gospel. like lost classics pulled through the slipstream and captured for a contemporary audience, taylor's deeply lyrical meditations tell of sin, sacrifice and redemption in the wilderness beyond the cabin walls - timeless themes drawn into songs performed with compelling emotional resonance and inimitable charm.
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