Conceptualized and written during the chaotic fall months of 2020, Hiss Golden Messenger’s O Come All Ye Faithful—recorded shortly after the widely hailed Quietly Blowing It—is a meditation on grace, loss, hope, and community. Explains songwriter M.C. Taylor, “Big, brash holiday music—the type that we hear in big-box stores in the middle of December—has never resonated with me, and this past year it felt absolutely dissonant. I wanted to make a seasonal record that felt more in step with the way that I, and so many others, experience this time of year: quiet, contemplative, searching, and bittersweet.”

Contributors to O Come All Ye Faithful include many members of Hiss Golden Messenger’s extended family, as well as special guests like Aoife O’Donovan and Nathaniel Rateliff, as well as Nashville’s own Erin Rae and Buddy Miller. The tracklist includes new tunes written by Taylor, classic hymns, and renditions of “Shine a Light” by Spiritualized, “As Long as I Can See the Light” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, and “Hanukkah Dance” by Woody Guthrie, all arranged in the inimitable Hiss Golden Messenger style.

The album is available on CD, standard vinyl bone, red & green splatter colored vinyl, and limited edition “Peak” deluxe vinyl—two segmented, tricolored bone / green / red vinyl LPs that include a second LP, The Sounding Joy: Hiss Golden Messenger Meets Revelators on South Robinson Street (six spiritual jazz-tinged dub remixes by new project The Revelators aka M.C. Taylor & Spacebomb Orchestra's Cameron Ralston).

Preorders for HIss Golden Messenger’s O Come All Ye Faithful (deluxe vinyl 2 lp set) are shipping out from Grimey’s as of Friday, October 22nd. They are also now available for local pickup. If you preordered an autographed copy of the album you’ve been emailed about pickup or delivery.