LP – Indies Only Limited Edition Orange with Black Swirl Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve with 22.75\” x 30 colour newsprint poster, printed inner sleeve + download card. The songs that make up Jump for Joythe sharpest and most autobiographical that M.C. Taylor has written under the Hiss nameread as a sort of epistolary, postcards between the present-day songwriter and his alias Michael Crow, a teenaged dreamer very much like Taylor himself, who trips his way through the 14 tunes that make up the record. In this way, Jump for Joy is a meditation on a life lived with art, and the ways that our hopes and dreams and decisions bump up againstand, with a little bit of luck, occasionally merge withreal life. Produced by Taylor and engineered by longtime Hiss compatriot Scott Hirsch over two weeks in the late fall of 2022 at the fabled Sonic Ranch studio in Tornillo, TX, just a short walk from the Mexican border, Jump for Joy dances with joyful, spontaneous energy that feels like a fresh chapter in the Hiss Golden Messenger oeuvre. Taylor is accompanied throughout the album by his crack live band: guitarist Chris Boerner, bassist Alex Bingham, keyboardist Sam Fribush, and drummer Nick Falk, a collection of musicians that have helped make Hiss Golden Messengers live performances legendary affairs. Tracklist: SIDE A1. 20 Years and a Nickel2. Alice3. I Saw the New Day in the World4. Shinbone5. Little Pink Church6. Jesus Is Bored7. Nu-GrapeSIDE B1. Feeling Eternal2. Jump for Joy3. The Wondering4. Palo Santo/Cloud Mesa5. California King6. My Old Friends7. Sunset on the Faders