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Hiss Golden Messenger

Bad Debt

MC Taylor's album recorded quietly at home after the birth of his son finally gets wide release after the initial batch of CDs was destroyed in a 2010 warehouse fire

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7.6

Label
Paradise Of Bachelors
UK Release date
13/01/2014
US Release date
14/01/2014
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  1. 9.0 |   Uncut

    This is Taylor's 'For Emma, Forever Ago'. Print edition only

  2. 8.6 |   Paste Magazine

    Whether you’re honing in on the brilliant lyricism or simply soaking in the aural wonders of this minimalistic folk album, there’s plenty to fall in love with about Bad Debt
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  3. 8.2 |   Pitchfork

    These songs sound full and finished even in their austerity
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  4. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Required listening to anyone interested in modern American songcraft
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  5. 8.0 |   A.V. Club

    A quiet, stirring, utterly arresting collection by one of our best songwriter/poets
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  6. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    For an album with a creation tale so bound up in contemporary history, Bad Debt is utterly ageless, like a surviving relic from time immemorial
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  7. 8.0 |   Mojo

    An unadorned diamond in the rough, and his best record. Print edition only

  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Taylor creates something memorable. It’s as likely to serve folklorists as it was to have been delivered by one
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  9. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    His world-weary meditations – on God, demons and, yeah, debt – sound ancient, pulled out of the dirt, yet as immediate as a foreclosure
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