hiss golden messenger cracked windshield lyrics

This was true for me that night especially with “ Cracked Windshield ,” Taylor’s part-homage to his late friend Jason Molina. I’m pulling slow, on a rain black road, / With a load I can barely feel.” These are the kind of lyrics that grow with the singer and the listener too and it’s what I have come to truly love about Hiss Golden Messenger: the songs won’t keep still. “Are you with me now?” the song begins, “I’m working like a mule. The crowd was right there with the band the whole night, reveling in new songs, like “Happy Birthday,” written for Taylor’s daughter, Ione, and keeping the whole place quiet for a solo rendition of “ Balthazar’s Song ,” from the first Hiss album, Bad Debt. It’s also nice to get a broad swath of the catalogue right off the bat, bringing in old and new fans at the same time. ” What I love about these songs as the beginning of the set is that they are all open and vulnerable and grooving at the same time. They opened with three songs from three different albums: “ Biloxi ,” “ Red Rose Nantahala ,” and, “ Jenny of The Roses. And Matt McCaughan on drums: holy god.īut more than anything technical, it was a great feeling at The Sinclair. Michael Libramento, on bass, is so creative and just brings so much joy to the stage.

Josh Kaufman on lead guitar can do pretty much anything. (If you haven’t yet checked out the amazing collection of Hiss shows on, please do: there’s a solo show, and many iterations of full-band shows.) This particular line-up was masterful. This shifting collection of players are encouraged to offer their own sense of the songs, so makes it certain that you’ll hear new textures on songs that have made their way into your bones. One of the best things about seeing Hiss Golden Messenger is that it’s a different line-up every time and, also, whoever is in the band on any given night is like family to frontman MC Taylor.

Hiss golden messenger cracked windshield lyrics