Something About Knowing

Something About Knowing is the fifth album by Maria Taylor, released on October 29, 2013[1] on Saddle Creek Records. The album finds Taylor returning to working with producer Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes,[2][3] recording a majority of the record in Omaha and three songs in her hometown of Birmingham.[4] Other collaborations on this record include her brother, multi-instrumentalist Macey Taylor of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and Jenny Lewis,[5] mixing by Andy Lemaster,[6] and co-writing and recording two songs with Brad Armstrong of 13 Ghosts.[7][8]

Something About Knowing
Studio album by
Maria Taylor
ReleasedOctober 29, 2013
GenreFolk rock
Length35:40
LabelSaddle Creek Records
ProducerMike Mogis
Maria Taylor chronology
Overlook
(2011)		 Something About Knowing
(2013)		 In the Next Life
(2016)

Paste was the first to premiere a track from the album on September 24, 2013, with a stream of "Up All Night".[9] On October 24, 2013, the album's title track began receiving radio airplay on KCRW and was featured on their website as "Today's Top Tune".[10] "Tunnel Vision" premiered on The Wall Street Journal on October 29, 2013 calling it "an atmospheric song with a rock-solid beat anchoring the gauzy synthesizers that drift past her soft, alluring vocals."[11] "This Is It" premiered on Rolling Stone's website on November 6, 2013.[12]

Alan Tanner directed the video for the album's first single, "Up All Night",[13][14] which premiered on Under the Radar and features her brother Macey Taylor and Taylor Hollingsworth of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band.[15] The album's cover art is a photo taken by Taylor's husband, Ryan Dwyer.[16]

Track listing
  1. "Folk Song Melody" – 3:07
  2. "Up All Night" – 3:15
  3. "Tunnel Vision" – 4:43
  4. "Sum of Our Lives" – 3:32
  5. "You've Got a Way with the Light" – 2:12
  6. "Something About Knowing" – 3:52
  7. "This Is It" – 4:26
  8. "Broken Objects" (13 Ghosts cover) – 2:53
  9. "Saturday in June" – 3:54
  10. "A Lullaby for You" – 3:53

Personnel
  • Maria Taylor - Composer, Drums, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Mellotron, Percussion, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals
  • Brad Armstrong - Banjo, Composer, Drum Programming, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Organ, Producer, Vocals
  • Ryan Dwyer - Photography, Layout, Vocals (Background)
  • Daniel Farris - Keyboards, Mixing, Omnichord, Producer
  • Andy LeMaster - Mixing
  • Mike Mogis Banjo, Composer, Drum Programming, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitars, Instrumentation, Keyboards, Mandolin, Mixing, Pedal Steel, Percussion, Producer, Programming, Vibraphone
  • Lester Nuby III - Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Producer, Vocals
  • Macey Taylor - Bass, Composer, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Standup Bass, Vocals
  • Jadon Ulrich - Layout
  • Doug Van Sloun - Mastering

References
  1. "Something About Knowing by Maria Taylor on Apple Music".
  2. "Saddle Creek - Maria Taylor - Something About Knowing".
  3. writer, Kevin Coffey / World-Herald staff. "For Maria Taylor, a fine line between happy and cheesy".
  4. "Maria Taylor with PJ Bond @ The Waiting Room - Omaha - Hear Nebraska".
  5. "Just one of the guys". 31 October 2014.
  6. "Maria Taylor Releases 'Something About Knowing' Today via Saddle Creek". 29 October 2013.
  7. "The Birmingham Sessions: Maria Taylor (bonus video)".
  8. Releases, Press (3 November 2013). "Maria Taylor Releases New Album "Something About Knowing"".
  9. "Song Premiere: Maria Taylor - "Up All Night"".
  10. "Maria Taylor: Something About Knowing".
  11. Danton, Eric R. "Maria Taylor Indulges Love Of Pop on 'Tunnel Vision' (Song Premiere)".
  12. "'This Is It' by Maria Taylor - Free MP3".
  13. "Maria Taylor - I'M SUPER EXCITED that the video that ALAN... - Facebook".
  14. "Maria Taylor "Up All Night" – Alan Tanner".
  15. "media - Under the Radar - Music Magazine".
  16. http://www.iamthefbomb.com/?p=380
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