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In recent years, an odd hybrid of folk, country, and Americana has taken hold of the collective consciousness of music listeners everywhere.  Bands like Mumford and Sons, The Lumineers, and Deer Tick have all had major success, to varying degrees, managing to score chart hits and multi-platinum records.  Hiss Golden Messenger ostensibly fits into this mold, combining many of the same influences, but throughout their latest record, Haw, prove to have a broader musical and emotional palette to work from, resulting in a much deeper, more satisfying work than any of the aforementioned bands have made thus far.
 
The key word to describe Haw is subtle.  Unlike Mumford and Sons and The Lumineers, who hit the listener over the head with a barrage of shout-along choruses, Hiss Golden Messenger create a soundscape that’s inviting yet slightly dark, revealing its rougher edges over repeated listens.  No, Haw is not anthemic.  It is, however, an utterly solid beauty of an album.



Verenigde Staten
Folk / Country
Label: Paradise of Bachelors



1. Red Rose Nantahala
 2. Sufferer (Love My Conqueror)
 3. I'Ve Got A Name for the Newborn Child
 4. Hat of Rain
 5. Devotion
 6. The Serpent is Kind (Compared To Man)
 7. Sweet As John Hurt
 8. Cheerwine Easter
 9. Hark Maker (Glory Rag)
 10. Busted Note
 11. What Shall Be (Shall Be Enough)