I got the long awaited email from Michael Taylor (HGM main man) yesterday to say that the limited Hiss Golden Messenger 'Bad Debt' vinyl had finally arrived (100 copies world wide). It's now in the post from North Carolina and should hopefully be here in a week or so.
I've held off tracking this album down until I got the vinyl, but couldn't resist using the download code that Michael emailed me and finally got to listen to the album today.
It was well worth the wait, it's a belting little album. Nine tracks, all acoustic, several with no overdubs or effects, other than the fire crackling in the background. Wonderful songs, lots of religious imagery and great acoustic guitar playing. So many excellent songs, though I must point out 'Jesus Shot Me In The Head' and 'Balthazar's Song' as immediate stand outs. If I was being very lazy, I guess there are comparisons with Bon Iver's 'For Emma, Foreever Ago', though 'Bad Debt' is more pure and has less production and is better for it.
Another superb Hiss Golden Messenger album and destined for cult status given the limited release (though you can track down a CD version). Hiss Golden Messenger are over for a couple of gigs in February, but unfortunately only playing London and Cornwall. Michael reckons he'll be doing more UK gigs in the summer, so hopefully then I'll get to experience Hiss Golden Messenger live.
UPDATE: HGM have repressed some copies of the ultra limited 'Live @ Big Sur', which was originally limited to 65 CD-R copies world wide. Michael's offered to sell me one online, which I'll obviously be doing. If Carlsberg made Bands!
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