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Heart Like a Levee

Hiss Golden Messenger

Heart Like a Levee

Sixth album from MC Taylor's North Carolina-based indie folk ensemble

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7.3

Label
Merge
UK Release date
07/10/2016
US Release date
07/10/2016
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  1. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    HGM’s finest record so far. Which is saying something for an act whose previous accomplishments include Poor Moon (2011) and Haw (2013)
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  2. 9.0 |   Uncut

    They have created what sounds like the most prismatic HGM record to date. Print edition only

  3. 8.2 |   Pitchfork

    It’s borderline inconceivable that a white, male, 40-something artist could bring a refreshing perspective to a traditional genre, but Taylor’s graceful accountability and invigorating songcraft makes him an anomaly
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    Seldom have hard times sounded this uplifting
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  5. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    It’s not the ethos of the Southeast that makes Heart Like a Levee so captivating; it’s Taylor’s vision of it and how he lets it flood out of his music like water bursting through a reinforced dam
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Feels like Hiss Golden Messenger’s overdue breakthrough album. Print edition only

  7. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Another high water mark for Taylor and Hiss Golden Messenger
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  8. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A deceptively honest record
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  9. 6.7 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Overall, there is an unfortunate, unintended fatigue
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  10. 6.0 |   DIY

    Saves many of its treasures for the final stretch
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Taylor has always been keen to confront life’s complexities and here he does so more powerfully than ever. Print edition only

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