The songs on M.C. Taylor's fourth album as Hiss Golden Messenger pose questions about spiritual doubt rather than offer the easy reassurances familiar to rousing, populist folk rock. He draws from traditional Piedmont music as well as AM Gold country, jazz, rock, and pop.
Tracklist
1.Red Rose Nantahala
2.Sufferer (Love My Conqueror)
3.I've Got a Name for the Newborn Child
4.Hat of Rain
5.Devotion
6.The Serpent Is Kind (Compared to Man)
7.Sweet as John Hurt
8.Cheerwine Easter
9.Hark Maker (Glory Rag)
10.Busted Note
11.What Shall Be (Shall Be Enough)
2.Sufferer (Love My Conqueror)
3.I've Got a Name for the Newborn Child
4.Hat of Rain
5.Devotion
6.The Serpent Is Kind (Compared to Man)
7.Sweet as John Hurt
8.Cheerwine Easter
9.Hark Maker (Glory Rag)
10.Busted Note
11.What Shall Be (Shall Be Enough)