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I am reviewing the vinyl here. Let's get the non-musical bit out of the way first. The cover is simple and homey; reminds me a bit of "Wake of the Flood". Nice inner sleeve. Heavy, QUIET vinyl. In fact, a great slab of vinyl. Really a great pressing and really well-mastered. Full of dynamics and clarity.Now to the music. I must admit I have always love Taylor's vocal stylings, dating back to early Court and Spark, his previous band he had with Scott Hirsch. As much as I loved The Court and Spark, which is quite a bit, I really adore HGM. The songs are so laid back, unhurried, casual, yet well-constructed. Having only heard the album a handful of times, I find myself really digging it.I won't do a song by song analysis here for two reasons. One, I am not familiar enough with individual songs, and secondly, this is certainly album oriented music. Think 1972. Americana, but like Gram Parsons, acoustic 68-72 Stones, A bit of J.D. Souther, that kind of thing. That AWESOME kind of thing.Now if I could only find a copy of their first LP!This is a sweet, heartfelt album I am so looking forward to getting to know very well.

Cool, really like it. Bought the album to become acquainted with them before seeing them in concert recently ( they opened for Jason Isbell, who is beyond incredible, get his new album, "Southeastern" now). So now we are HGM fans now...

Excellent pressing. Sounds fantastic.

Wonderful album.

It made a fine gift for my son, and I enjoyed it myself before giving. I'll consider more by this artist.

I am struck by the quality of this album. Within a frame of traditional American music, the sound is inventive; lovely and unexpected at times and lyrically stunning. For me, this is one of the best records of 2013 thus far (April). I find it even better than Poor Moon, which I thought was wonderful.

This is my favorite of all the Hiss Golden Messenger/Court & Spark albums. It really made me go back and listen to the other stuff with a greater appreciation, too.

ET is Great!