Hiss Golden Messenger has just released the new track “Glory Strums (Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner)” from the highly anticipated album Quietly Blowing It, out on June 25. The video for the song, directed by Vikesh Kapoor, premiered today at Consequence as part of their insightful “Origins” series. 

Hiss Golden Messenger bandleader, songwriter, and lead vocalist M.C. Taylor says of the new song: “‘Glory Strums’ was written in the chaotic green spring of 2020 as a hymn to finding the places and spaces that make us human.”

Director Vikesh Kapoor says: “For my directorial debut, Hiss Golden Messenger has asked me to contribute to a song which explores the pathos of being an artist—a struggle duly shared here even amongst the most disparate of characters: a boxer, a magician, a gardener, and a dreamer. In a world now assembling itself back together, it is we who take on the foolish, yet sincere, task of trying to make sense of it all. Each of us, in our own way, is a seeker in search of some kind of magic."

Hiss Golden Messenger has announced a long-awaited tour in support of Quietly Blowing It that begins on November 30 in Hummelstown, PA, before heading to Webster Hall in New York City on December 2. The run of 30+ dates will take the Durham, NC–based group coast to coast with stops that include Cambridge, MA; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; Charleston, SC; Atlanta; New Orleans; Austin; San Francisco; Portland, OR; Seattle; Denver; Minneapolis; and Chicago before winding things up in Nashville on March 12. See the full list of dates below.

Quietly Blowing It was written, arranged, and produced by Taylor and is the follow-up to 2019’s critically acclaimed release Terms of Surrender, which received a 2021 GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Americana Album. Special guests and contributors include Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Tony Award–winning artist Anaïs Mitchell, Zach Williams of The Lone Bellow, Nashville guitar great Buddy Miller, and producer/musician Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman.

Pre-order Quietly Blowing It now on CD and LP in the Merge store, as well as metallic blue Peak Vinyl from participating independent record stores. In addition, Magnolia has an exclusive blue and red speckle edition of the LP.

Hiss Golden Messenger tour dates:
Nov 30  Hummelstown, PA – The Englewood 
Dec 02  New York, NY – Webster Hall 
Dec 03  Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Dec 04  Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom 
Dec 06  Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall 
Dec 07  Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
Dec 08  Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Dec 09  Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Dec 10  Columbia, SC – The Senate 
Dec 11  Charleston, SC – The Pour House 
Feb 03 Greenville, SC – Radio Room
Feb 04  Atlanta, GA – Terminal West 
Feb 05  Birmingham, AL – Saturn 
Feb 06  New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s 
Feb 09  Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall 
Feb 10  Fort Worth, TX – Tulips 
Feb 11  San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger 
Feb 12  Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
Feb 14  Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom 
Feb 16  Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up 
Feb 18 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Feb 19  San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore 
Feb 23  Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Feb 24  Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios 
Feb 25  Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
Feb 26  Vancouver, BC – Imperial Vancouver
Mar 01  Boise, ID – Neurolux
Mar 02  Salt Lake City, UT – The Commonwealth Room
Mar 03  Fort Collins, CO – Venue TBA
Mar 04  Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Mar 05  Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater 
Mar 07  Kansas City, MO – recordBar
Mar 08  St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
Mar 09  Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon 
Mar 10  Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe
Mar 11  Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
Mar 12  Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl