Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender [Peak Edition Coke Bottle Clear Color Vinyl]

Description

Peak Vinyl:Limited-edition pressing on coke-bottle clear vinyl packaged with abonus two-color newsprint poster(22.75 33). All other package details the same as standard LP including download card.

FromHiss Golden Messengersongwriter and bandleader M.C. Taylor:

I composed the songs that becameTerms of Surrenderwith no guarantee that they would ever become a record; they felt too raw to be of interest to anyone but myself. They were my therapy and my church. But then we were there in Aaron Dessners studio in upstate New York, and in Sound City in L.A., and Roger Moutenots Haptown Studio in Nashville, and Phil Cooks harmonica was screaming and Jenny Lewis was singing and Josh Kaufmans guitar was etching the cosmos, and I realized that maybe these songs were good for something after all, and it wasnt my year to die. And I was gladappreciative, maybeof the previous year because things on the other side now looked sweeter and brighter and not so dire. And through the songs ran a linethe most important theme of the whole record, I know nowabout love, and how nothing of value that I have created would exist without it, and I better goddamn well keep my eye on it. Love is so powerful that people made religion to give a name to it, but if we dont treat it with a sensitive touch, it disappears like smoke. I had a dream once, many years ago, where I heard a voice say God is love, and I felt it with my whole being. This record is a reminder of that dream.

1. I Need a Teacher
2. Bright Direction (You’re a Dark Star Now)
3. My Wing
4. Old Enough to Wonder Why (East Side West Side)
5. Cat’s Eye Blue
6. Happy Birthday, Baby
7. Down at the Uptown
8. Katy (You Don’t Have to Be Good Yet)
9. Whip
10. Terms of Surrender