November 2011
Talkin’ Turkey with Bright Phoebus.
Happy Thanksgiving! The Bachelors would like to share some holiday cheer with Hiss Golden Messenger fans. First, please consider taking a few minutes to read this righteous, and heavy duty, profile of Hiss Golden Messenger in the Independent Weekly, which plumbs the spiritual and paternal perspectives articulated in Poor Moon and spares some kind words for yours truly at PoB as well.
Hiss Golden Messenger Poor Moon Release Party: December 10, 2011.
Friends, please save the auspicious wintry date of Saturday, December 10th, and the hours of 9pm to 2am, whereupon Paradise of Bachelors and All Day Records shall present the HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER POOR MOON LP Release Party at the Nightlight, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Moon Landing.
Interview Magazine–as in Andy Warhol’s Crystal Ball of Pop–has just published an interview with M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger about songwriting, his new Poor Moon album, and what it means to be a professional folklorist.
Poor Moon + Meshes of the Afternoon = El Día de los Muertos.
Today, an apropos date known variously as the high harvest holiday of Samhain, the liturgical All Saints’ Day, y el primer Día de los Muertos, is the official birth date of Hiss Golden Messenger’s masterful new Poor Moon LP. Read more and purchase your copy here before they’re all gone, or ask your local record store to stock it.