![]() Before moving to North Carolina, he fronted the San Francisco–based Americana band the Court and Spark and hardcore punk unit Ex-Ignota. Taylor is at least used to the uncertainty. Video of Hiss Golden Messenger " Heart Like a Levee" Because of that, we’re really just out here flapping in the wind sometimes.” “The people in this van are not really a whole lot different from anybody in normal society, other than the fact that we’ve dedicated our lives to making music. ![]() Being a travelling musician, and making records and being an artist, it can sort of feel like you’re out on the edge. “But the great thing is that when I trust in the art of it, and the power of making a beautiful thing, then it feels really easy. “Regardless of how much I try to have a sort of quiet mind, I’m not totally wired like that-I have my anxieties and insecurities and existential moments of freak-out. “I’m really trying to work on that ration of days of joy versus days of anxiety,” Taylor confesses. ![]() Taylor reveals that he finds himself missing his kids more than he’d ever dreamed, which explains lines like “Do you hate me, honey/As much as I hate myself?” from “Heart Like a Levee”, where he plays the part of a singer about to load into the van. The record has enough beautiful moments-symphonic string swells, soft-focus piano-to suggest that Taylor is enamoured by life and all the things that it has to offer.Īt the same time, taking to the road is harder than ever now that he’s got a young family at home. Listen to Heart Like a Levee, the singer-guitarist’s latest record with Hiss Golden Messenger, and you’ll indeed hear a man who seems to be conflicted. And because of that, he’s grateful to have a fail-safe outlet for when the dark clouds roll in. When he’s reached on his cellphone in White Sands, New Mexico, the North Carolina–based musician acknowledges that there are times when he wonders what he’s doing with his life. He is driven to it,” and that sentiment certainly resonates with Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Author Henry Miller once famously noted “No man wants to be an artist. ![]()
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