{"id":303,"date":"2012-08-03T09:52:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T08:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2012-07-31T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T15:52:09","slug":"song-of-the-week-blue-country-mystic-by-hiss-golden-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: “Blue Country Mystic” by Hiss Golden Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n

This week’s song is “Blue Country Mystic” by Hiss Golden Messenger.\u00a0 Here’s the video for it:<\/p>\n

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I like its gentle but complicated country sound, just a little bit Tom Pettyish, just a little bit Van Morrisony.\u00a0 I like the saxophones that come in around the three minute mark and play the song out.\u00a0 I like the hint of melancholy and the hint of hope playing off each other, musically and lyrically.\u00a0 “Such a wild dream for a child of mine\/ You have grown so dark in the sun.”<\/p>\n

I’m eagerly awaiting the arrival of the full album,\u00a0Poor Moon,<\/em> in the mail.\u00a0 You can find out a bit more, get a free download of the song “Westering” and buy the album here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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