In July, the group of musicians, with Taylor in the production seat, went into Overdub Lane in Durham, NC, for a week, where they recorded Quietly Blowing It as an organic unit honed to a fine edge from their years together on the road. And being in my studio, which is both isolated from and totally connected to the life of my family, felt appropriate for these songs.” Between March and June, Taylor wrote and recorded upwards of two dozen songs-in most cases playing all of the instruments himself- before winnowing the collection down and bringing them to the Hiss band. Having spent so much time on the road over the past ten years, where writing consistently with any kind of ?ow can be tricky, it felt refreshing. “Writing became a daily routine,” he explains, “and that was a ballast for me. Quietly Blowing It was written and arranged by Taylor in his home studio-his 8’ × 10’ sanctuary packed ?oor to ceiling with books, records, and old guitars-as he watched the chaotic world spin outside his window. “I got way more time than I needed, actually.” And I got the time required in order to do that.” He pauses and laughs ruefully. Maybe I had the presence of mind when I was writing Quietly Blowing It to know that this was the time to go as deep as I needed to in order to make a record like this. “It’s not exactly a record about the state of the world-or my world-in 2020, but more a retrospective of the past five years of my life, painted in sort of impressionistic hues. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger about his new album Quietly Blowing It on Merge Records. “I went looking for peace,” says songwriter M.C. Place: Lowell Summer Music Series, Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA 01852 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER and AOIFE O’DONOVAN
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