M.C. Taylor made his latest Hiss Golden Messenger release something autobiographical. Jump For Joy contains a kind of rumination Taylor could be having with his younger self, who in this case appears in the form of a teenage songwriter named Michael Crow, coming along for a journey through life filled with art. One creates because one loves it, feels passionately about it, but will these dreams and fantasies be able to coexist with real life? That is, whatever real life happens to be…
Hiss Golden Messenger has two shows coming up in Austin, tonight and tomorrow night, at Antone’s. Doors at 7 p.m., and both nights feature an opening set by Adeem the Artist.
