Heart Like a Levee

Pitchfork 8.2/10 As rollicking as it often is, Heart Like a Levee is a deeply intimate record, filled with anxious conversations about obligation.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Heart Like A Levee finds Hiss Golden Messenger inching ever close to claiming their rightful place among the ranks of the Great American Music that informs and inspires the band's songwriting and presentation.

DIY 3/5 DC Taylor’s sixth album as Hiss Golden Messenger finds him expanding his musical and emotional horizons even further from his country-folk baseline, inspired by a sense of growing conflict between the competing demands of his music and his family.

All Music 4/5 Due to its bright, open production and quirky presentation, Heart Like a Levee is a watermark for Hiss Golden Messenger. Seldom have hard times sounded this uplifting.

The Observer 4/5 (Merge)

Pop Matters 8/10 Each of these song conjures the Southeast in some subtle or explicit way, but it’s not the ethos of the Southeast that makes Heart Like a Levee so captivating; it’s Taylor’s vision of it and how he lets it flood out of his music like water bursting through a reinforced dam.