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Something About Knowing
Type:studio
Artist:Maria Taylor
Cover:Maria_Taylor_2013_Album_Something_About_Knowing.jpg
Released:October 29, 2013
Genre:Folk rock
Length:35:40
Label:Saddle Creek Records
Producer:Mike Mogis
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Something About Knowing is the fifth album by Maria Taylor, released on October 29, 2013[1] on Saddle Creek Records. The album finds Taylor returning to working with producer Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes,[2] [3] recording a majority of the record in Omaha and three songs in her hometown of Birmingham.[4] Other collaborations on this record include her brother, multi-instrumentalist Macey Taylor of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and Jenny Lewis,[5] mixing by Andy Lemaster,[6] and co-writing and recording two songs with Brad Armstrong of 13 Ghosts.[7] [8]

Paste was the first to premiere a track from the album on September 24, 2013, with a stream of "Up All Night".[9] On October 24, 2013, the album's title track began receiving radio airplay on KCRW and was featured on their website as "Today's Top Tune".[10] "Tunnel Vision" premiered on The Wall Street Journal on October 29, 2013 calling it "an atmospheric song with a rock-solid beat anchoring the gauzy synthesizers that drift past her soft, alluring vocals."[11] "This Is It" premiered on Rolling Stones website on November 6, 2013.[12]

Alan Tanner directed the video for the album's first single, "Up All Night",[13] [14] which premiered on Under the Radar and features her brother Macey Taylor and Taylor Hollingsworth of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band.[15] The album's cover art is a photo taken by Taylor's husband, Ryan Dwyer.[16]

Track listing

  1. "Folk Song Melody" – 3:07
  2. "Up All Night" – 3:15
  3. "Tunnel Vision" – 4:43
  4. "Sum of Our Lives" – 3:32
  5. "You've Got a Way with the Light" – 2:12
  6. "Something About Knowing" – 3:52
  7. "This Is It" – 4:26
  8. "Broken Objects" (13 Ghosts cover) – 2:53
  9. "Saturday in June" – 3:54
  10. "A Lullaby for You" – 3:53

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Something About Knowing by Maria Taylor on Apple Music. iTunes.
  2. Web site: Saddle Creek - Maria Taylor - Something About Knowing.
  3. Web site: For Maria Taylor, a fine line between happy and cheesy. Kevin Coffey / World-Herald staff. writer. January 2014 .
  4. Web site: Maria Taylor with PJ Bond @ The Waiting Room - Omaha - Hear Nebraska.
  5. Web site: Just one of the guys. 31 October 2014.
  6. Web site: Maria Taylor Releases 'Something About Knowing' Today via Saddle Creek. 29 October 2013.
  7. Web site: The Birmingham Sessions: Maria Taylor (bonus video). 2 December 2013 .
  8. Web site: Maria Taylor Releases New Album "Something About Knowing". Press. Releases. 3 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Song Premiere: Maria Taylor - "Up All Night".
  10. Web site: Maria Taylor: Something About Knowing. 21 October 2023 .
  11. News: Maria Taylor Indulges Love Of Pop on 'Tunnel Vision' (Song Premiere). Eric R.. Danton. Wall Street Journal . 9 October 2013 .
  12. 'This Is It' by Maria Taylor - Free MP3. Rolling Stone.
  13. Web site: Maria Taylor - I'M SUPER EXCITED that the video that ALAN... - Facebook. Facebook.
  14. Web site: Maria Taylor "Up All Night" – Alan Tanner. 2015-02-02. 2015-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204202225/http://www.alantanner.com/?p=645. dead.
  15. Web site: media - Under the Radar - Music Magazine.
  16. Web site: Sweetness and Light: Review of Maria Taylor's Something About Knowing . www.iamthefbomb.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073916/http://www.iamthefbomb.com/?p=380 . 2018-08-30.

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