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Southern Grammar

A three-track EP of about fifteen minutes, ending with "Brother, Do You Know the Road?".
Hiss Golden Messenger, 2015

Southern Grammar was released by Merge on February 3, 2015, digitally worldwide and on vinyl in the US. Its three tracks are "Southern Grammar", live at WXPN in Philadelphia, recorded October 23, 2014 (5:08), the EP version of "He Wrote the Book" (3:12) and "Brother, Do You Know the Road?" (6:09). We could not find a producer, studio or EP personnel; a live lineup in February 2015 was M.C. Taylor, Phil Cook, Scott Hirsch and Kyle Keegan. Coke Machine Glow found it very good for a seemingly tossed-off EP, with an undeniable Southern Gothic sound and biblical theme throughout. It gave a home to a long-standing live favorite that missed Lateness of Dancers (2014).

Track listing

  1. Southern Grammar (live at WXPN)5:08
  2. He Wrote the Book3:12
  3. Brother, Do You Know the Road?6:09

More from Hiss Golden Messenger

Country Hai East Cotton (2009), Bad Debt (2010), Poor Moon (2011), Lord I Love The Rain (2012), Haw (2013), Lateness of Dancers (2014), Heart Like a Levee (2016), Hallelujah Anyhow (2017), Terms Of Surrender (2019), School Daze: A Fundraiser For Durham Public Schools Students (2020), Quietly Blowing It (2021), Jump For Joy (2023)

Sources

  1. Hiss Golden Messenger, Southern Grammar, Coke Machine Glow (2015)
  2. Southern Grammar (MusicBrainz release), MusicBrainz