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
Released	October 29, 2013
Genre	Folk rock
Length	35:40
Label	Saddle Creek Records
Producer	Mike 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