Heart Like a Levee

Heart Like a Levee is the seventh studio album by American band Hiss Golden Messenger. It was released on October 7, 2016, under Merge Records.

The album was produced by M.C. Taylor and Bradley Cook (Megafaun) in Durham, North Carolina.

Critical reception
Heart Like a Levee was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 12 reviews.

Personnel

 * MC Taylor - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin
 * Phil Cook - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, organ, banjo, synths, background vocals
 * Brad Cook - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, synths, background vocals
 * Matt McCaughan - drums, percussion, background vocals
 * Chris Boerner - baritone and electric guitars ("Happy Day (Sister My Sister)"), background vocals ("Tell Her I'm Just Dancing")
 * Josh Kaufman - electric guitar ("Tell Her I'm Just Dancing", "Highland Grace")
 * Ryan Gustafson - electric guitar ("Like a Mirror Loves a Hammer")
 * Michael Lewis - saxophone, background vocals
 * Matt Douglas - saxophone, baritone saxophone
 * Rob Moose - strings
 * Alexandra Sauser-Monnig - background vocals
 * Tift Merritt - background vocals
 * Sonyia Turner - background vocals