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]

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 photograph taken by her husband.^[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

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