Heart Like a Levee explained
| Heart Like a Levee |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Hiss Golden Messenger |
| Cover: | Heart Like a Levee.jpg |
| Length: | 42:55
1:10:00 (Deluxe) |
| Label: | Merge |
| Producer: | M.C. Taylor
Bradley Cook |
| Prev Title: | Lateness of Dancers |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Vestapol |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
Heart Like a Levee is the seventh studio album by American band Hiss Golden Messenger. It was released on October 7, 2016, under Merge Records.[1]
The album was produced by M.C. Taylor and Bradley Cook (Megafaun) in Durham, North Carolina.[2]
Critical reception
Heart Like a Levee was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 12 reviews.
Accolades
Personnel
- MC Taylor - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin
- Phil Cook - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, organ, banjo, synths, background vocals
- Brad Cook - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, synths, background vocals
- Matt McCaughan - drums, percussion, background vocals
- Chris Boerner - baritone and electric guitars ("Happy Day (Sister My Sister)"), background vocals ("Tell Her I'm Just Dancing")
- Josh Kaufman - electric guitar ("Tell Her I'm Just Dancing", "Highland Grace")
- Ryan Gustafson - electric guitar ("Like a Mirror Loves a Hammer")
- Michael Lewis - saxophone, background vocals
- Matt Douglas - saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Rob Moose - strings
- Alexandra Sauser-Monnig - background vocals
- Tift Merritt - background vocals
- Sonyia Turner - background vocals
Notes and References
- Web site: Hiss Golden Messenger New Album 'Heart Like a Levee. Rolling Stone. Menconi. David. October 3, 2016. April 24, 2020.
- Web site: Hiss Golden Messenger Announce New Album With Bon Iver, Megafaun Members. Pitchfork. Strauss. Matthew. July 12, 2016. April 24, 2020.
- Web site: American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2016. American Songwriter. December 1, 2016. April 24, 2020.
- Web site: Best Albums of 2016: Our 20 favourite releases from an incredible year of music. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/best-albums-2016-beyonce-anderson-paak-frank-ocean-leonard-cohen-chance-the-rapper-a7446336.html . 2022-05-09 . subscription . live. The Independent. O'Connor. Roison. November 30, 2016. April 24, 2020.
- Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2016. Paste. Saunders. Hilary. November 30, 2016. April 24, 2020.
