{"product_id":"hiss-golden-messenger-heart-like-a-levee","title":"Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded in:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vinylmeplease.com\/magazine\/20-best-folk-albums-2016\/\"\u003eVinyl Me Please's Best Folk Albums of 2016\u003c\/a\u003e (#1)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/best-albums-2016-beyonce-anderson-paak-frank-ocean-leonard-cohen-chance-the-rapper-a7446336.html\"\u003eThe Independent's Best Albums of 2016\u003c\/a\u003e (#18)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/2016\/12\/top-50-albums-2016\/\"\u003eAmerican Songwriter's Top Albums of 2016\u003c\/a\u003e (#24)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/country\/lists\/40-best-country-albums-of-2016-w452950\"\u003eRolling Stone Country's Best Country Albums of 2016\u003c\/a\u003e (#31)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2016\/11\/the-50-best-albums-of-2016.html\"\u003ePaste Magazine's Best Albums of 2016\u003c\/a\u003e (#45)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2016\/12\/the-50-best-albums-of-2016\"\u003eUSA Today's Best Albums of 2016\u003c\/a\u003e (#50)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.glidemagazine.com\/176382\/glide-20-2\/\"\u003eGlide Magazine's 20 Best Albums of 2016\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.aquariumdrunkard.com\/2016\/12\/12\/aquarium-drunkard-2016-year-in-review\/\"\u003eAquarium Drunkard's 2016 Year in Review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe writing of the songs that became \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Like a Levee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e started in a hotel room in Washington, DC, in January of 2015 during a powerful storm that darkened the East Coast. At that time I was feeling—more acutely than I had ever felt before—wrenched apart by my responsibilities to my family and to my music. Forgetting, momentarily, that for me, each exists only with the other. How could I forget? Though maybe my lapse was reasonable: I had just quit my job, the most recent and last, in a series of dead-end gigs stretching back 20 years, with the vow that my children would understand their father as a man in love with his world and the inventor of his own days. They would be rare in that regard. And then—driven by monthly bills and pure fear—I left for another tour, carrying a load of guilt that I could just barely lift. But in that snowy hotel room I found the refrain that became my compass:\u003c\/i\u003e I was a dreamer, babe, when I set out on the road; but did I say I could find my way home?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:right;\"\u003e—M.C. Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed during the same period of time as \u003ci\u003eHeart Like a Levee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVestapol\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate collection of eight previously unreleased songs—performed and recorded almost entirely by M.C. Taylor in various motels on the road and at his home in Durham, NC—dealing with exile, guilt, forgiveness, and trust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":52739207135543,"sku":"MRG575LP","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2-CD","offer_id":52996576575799,"sku":"MRG575cd-dlx","price":18.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52996576543031,"sku":"MRG575CD","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739207168311,"sku":"MRG575digital","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/ec07cf2e9665923cbb86c7ba76756be378a5e34c_cea3fa94ff98c49a846fa7cf4c23224ca2508815_medium_jpg_53e967c6-8541-490b-a2b5-6ae0d1ca3b47.jpg?v=1789587526","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/hiss-golden-messenger-heart-like-a-levee","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}