Hiss Golden Messenger

Originating from Durham, North Carolina, Hiss Golden Messenger is the musical vehicle for singer and songwriter MC Taylor. Having amassed a body of work that “calls up a wide spectrum of American vernacular music” (The New Yorker), Hiss Golden Messenger's early recordings were released through Taylor's own label, Heaven & Earth Magic Recording Company, before being signed to Merge Records in April 2014.

The band released six studio albums for the label, including the GRAMMY nominated Terms of Surrender.

On Jump for Joy, No Depression praised their “earnest, meaningful songs rooted in authentic experiences.”

Now signed with Chrysalis Records, Hiss Golden Messenger return with their new album, I’m People. It’s an intensely human record, immediate, vulnerable, and full of spirit, something you could touch, sing along to, recognize. Taylor, grappling with the heartbreak and exhilaration of being alive in America circa 2026, seems to ask: What other choice do we have than to be hopeful?