Paradise of Bachelors is pleased to announce the first-ever recorded collaboration between Hiss Golden Messenger and Elephant Micah, featuring two of their generation’s most compelling songwriters and lyricists. (ON SALE)
Louder Than Thou is the 2012 album from underground folk mainstays Elephant Micah, a rotating-member band headed up by one Joseph O’Connell. Bridging the minimalist rock and sonic experimentation of early work, this is their clearest statement yet, nodding to ‘70s songwriter-ism while simultaneously recasting the genre through textural play and ensemble improvisation.
Fall has landed here in North Carolina, and fittingly, Durham’s own Hiss Golden Messenger is on the turntable. Nearly a year ago–on the Day of the Dead, to be exact–we released HGM’s excellent Poor Moon album, and this fall we’re working hard to help prepare their superb follow-up LP, entitled Haw.
In case you missed the all-star Hiss Golden Messenger performance at Hopscotch this past weekend in Raleigh’s Fletcher Opera Theater–one of six shows M.C. Taylor played!–you’re in for a treat. The fine folks at NYC Taper have posted streams, free downloadable audio files, photos, and an essay documenting the extended set here on their site (they also took these photos.) Thanks, y’all!
Despite its mere seven inches, this is one big record by two of our favorite songwriters. For more details, to preview the songs, and to pre-order (check out the Hiss Golden Messenger and Elephant Micah pre-order bundles), visit our PoB-04 product page forthwith. The official release date is September 4th, 2012.
