![]() We’re talking upbeat Americana, often short and sweet with a sentimental traveller’s tone but fans of the band will already be familiar with Taylor’s way with an introspective narrative and slightly jaunty musical twist. The Dylan and Springsteen comparisons are lazy but correct on tracks like ‘ Jenny of the Roses’ while the honky-tonk piano and bluesy riffs of the same track and standouts ‘ I Am The Song’ and ‘ Gulfport You’ve Been On My Mind’ bring to mind the Black Crowes at their loosest, most stoned and Hollywood Town Hall-era Jayhawks. That’s not to assume Hallelujah Anyhow is a redemption album, the “ forgive me for I have sinned” and “ woe is me” sentiments are thankfully few and far between, Taylor preferring a more MOR radio friendly familiar but nuanced HGM sound on the band’s tenth effort, and there are major chord moments of joy splattered throughout this record like a gentle summer rain. I’ve never been afraid of the darkness it’s just a different kind of light“. “ This music is for hope“, frontman MC Taylor has stated over-dramatically, “ love is the only way out. ![]() ![]() The temptation is to go full-Pitchfork on Hiss Golden Messenger‘s latest, Hallelujah Anyhow, and really delve into the meaning of the lyrics and fathom some concept or backstory that probably isn’t there just to make it sound cool and relevant, a bit like 19th Century scholars dissecting Shakespeare desperately in search of a literary hero. ![]()
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