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Mercury Transit

by Taylor Young Band

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    With his scruffy beard, pearl snap shirt and soulful blue eyes, Taylor Young certainly looks the part of a Texas born and bred singer-songwriter. However, his solo debut, Mercury Transit, reveals an artist unafraid to break from convention and unwilling to be typecast.

    That figures, since he’s taken such a roundabout journey to get here. As a teenager, Young broke onto the Dallas music scene as the drummer for local psychedelic heroes Hi-Fi Drowning. His frenetic-yet-flawless playing style quickly earned gigs with the likes of Young Heart Attack and The Polyphonic Spree, but after years of touring he longed to step out from behind the kit. When he finally did, Young defied expectations and cofounded folk-country duo The O’s, honing his songwriting, guitar playing and frontman presence over four albums and hundreds of live shows.

    With Taylor Young Band, these seemingly incongruent split personalities meet. Under the guiding hand of producer and bandmate Toby Pipes, the entire album was recorded on analog outboard equipment in Pipes’ College Station, Texas home studio. Over a year of laid-back regular sessions, the two discovered the perfect balance of Young’s uncanny gift for melody and a clever turn of phrase with Pipes’ shimmering atmospherics and pop sensibility.

    The result is an album that’s more power pop than country, with breezy harmonies and big hooks seasoned with just a pinch of Southern twang. Opener “Get Around” gets the point across right away, sounding like Alex Chilton fronting Teenage Fanclub. The genre-bending continues on the lead single, “Rattled,” which wraps a Tom Petty style ballad in a cozy shoegaze blanket.

    A persuasively optimistic hopeless romantic, Young sings earnestly about almost blowing it (“Make You Wanna Stay”), post-breakup second thoughts (“Out of My Mind”), and cosmic eternal destiny (“Shine On Me”). He’s also an old-school storyteller, ripping honky tonk stomps “Daze of the Week” and “Drinkin” with a wink and self-deprecating smile.

    Ted Lasso with a telecaster, Young imbues the entire record with relentless positivity – even against all odds. Album standout “Wrong Place, Wrong Time” turns a string of bad luck into the jauntiest jangle pop this side of The Smiths. It’s this disarming sort of charm that turns strangers into friends, and helps friends feel sure everything will work out fine in the end.

    The current incarnation of Taylor Young Band sees Young and Pipes joined by guitarist Michael Smith and drummer Austin Green – further evolving and expanding the signature Americana dream pop sound established on Mercury Transit. Expect the TYB good vibes to continue into 2022, with a much-anticipated European tour and second album on the way. Until then, take a bit of advice from Young and “don’t let it bring you down, ‘cause it will always come back to you.”

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    With his scruffy beard, pearl snap shirt and soulful blue eyes, Taylor Young certainly looks the part of a Texas born and bred singer-songwriter. However, his solo debut, Mercury Transit, reveals an artist unafraid to break from convention and unwilling to be typecast.

    That figures, since he’s taken such a roundabout journey to get here. As a teenager, Young broke onto the Dallas music scene as the drummer for local psychedelic heroes Hi-Fi Drowning. His frenetic-yet-flawless playing style quickly earned gigs with the likes of Young Heart Attack and The Polyphonic Spree, but after years of touring he longed to step out from behind the kit. When he finally did, Young defied expectations and cofounded folk-country duo The O’s, honing his songwriting, guitar playing and frontman presence over four albums and hundreds of live shows.

    With Taylor Young Band, these seemingly incongruent split personalities meet. Under the guiding hand of producer and bandmate Toby Pipes, the entire album was recorded on analog outboard equipment in Pipes’ College Station, Texas home studio. Over a year of laid-back regular sessions, the two discovered the perfect balance of Young’s uncanny gift for melody and a clever turn of phrase with Pipes’ shimmering atmospherics and pop sensibility.

    The result is an album that’s more power pop than country, with breezy harmonies and big hooks seasoned with just a pinch of Southern twang. Opener “Get Around” gets the point across right away, sounding like Alex Chilton fronting Teenage Fanclub. The genre-bending continues on the lead single, “Rattled,” which wraps a Tom Petty style ballad in a cozy shoegaze blanket.

    A persuasively optimistic hopeless romantic, Young sings earnestly about almost blowing it (“Make You Wanna Stay”), post-breakup second thoughts (“Out of My Mind”), and cosmic eternal destiny (“Shine On Me”). He’s also an old-school storyteller, ripping honky tonk stomps “Daze of the Week” and “Drinkin” with a wink and self-deprecating smile.

    Ted Lasso with a telecaster, Young imbues the entire record with relentless positivity – even against all odds. Album standout “Wrong Place, Wrong Time” turns a string of bad luck into the jauntiest jangle pop this side of The Smiths. It’s this disarming sort of charm that turns strangers into friends, and helps friends feel sure everything will work out fine in the end.

    The current incarnation of Taylor Young Band sees Young and Pipes joined by guitarist Michael Smith and drummer Austin Green – further evolving and expanding the signature Americana dream pop sound established on Mercury Transit. Expect the TYB good vibes to continue into 2022, with a much-anticipated European tour and second album on the way. Until then, take a bit of advice from Young and “don’t let it bring you down, ‘cause it will always come back to you.”

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1.
Get Around 02:30
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Get Around I took the weekend to lend a hand for the twenty two I picked up my grandmother, dropped her off, then had a breakthrough Yeah it’s true No matter what you say No matter what you do It will get around Yes it will get around And it will always come back to you I was racing, they were double-nickel, I was seventy-five I flipped the bird, hit a curb, now I’m lucky just to be alive So you better think twice No matter what you say No matter what you do It will get around It will get around Don’t let it bring you down Cause it will always come back to you There’s no dots to connect It’s just your destiny Some people call it luck And others call it fate Long as you do good in the world Everything is A-OK No matter what you say No matter what you do It will get around It will get around Don’t let it bring you down Cause it will always come back to you
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Make You Wanna Stay 03:44
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Make You Wanna Stay So if I told you that I love you, would it, it make you wanna stay And if I hung the stars above you, would you hang around another day Because I’ve got it in my mind that we are meant to be together now I know you’ve heard it all before, but just beware of others on the prowl They’ll lie and use you, they’ll chew you up and abuse you They’ll make it so you’ll never ever want to go astray So I’ll sing my song, and think about you all night long I know our love is strong so won’t you let me show the way Hey hey, hey hey, I’ll make you wanna stay They’ll try to buy you, try to treat you, but no one can treat you like I do Yeah you might think you like their style, you like their songs, but we know that ain’t true So I’ll be right here waiting for you but my heart will be forever blue If you don’t trust me when I say that I’m the only “only one” for you They’ll lie and use you, they’ll chew you up and abuse you They make it so you’ll never ever want to go astray So I’ll sing my song, and think about you all night long I know our love is strong so don’t you let it slip Hey hey, hey hey, I’ll make you wanna stay They’ll lie and use you, they’ll chew you up and abuse you They make it so you’ll never ever want to go astray So I’ll sing my song, and think about you all night long I know our love is strong so away won’t you let me show the way Hey hey, hey hey, I’ll make you wanna stay I’ll make you wanna stay I’ll make you understand Make you wanna hold my hand Won’t find a better man
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Shine on Me 03:46
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Shine on Me Won’t you shine on me, shine til tomorrow darlin The night is whispering, shine til tomorrow please And if you want to stay, and help me out of this I heard the wood floors creak, shine into the evening darlin No one had to speak, you’re shining like a star to me And if you want to stay, cause I need you babe We’ll walk the same line, Be unforgettable through time And for eternity Until there is no more life left to brave, can’t you see So won’t you shine on me, shine til tomorrow darlin The night is whispering, shine til tomorrow please And if you want to stay We’ll walk the same line Be unforgettable through time And for eternity Until there is no more life left to brave, can’t you see The nighttime stars are falling They’re asking you to stay Love came without a warning So give your heart to me We’ll walk the same line Be unforgettable through time And for eternity Until there is no more life left to brave, can’t you see Let’s walk the same line We’ll be unforgettable through time And for eternity Until there is no more life left to brave, can’t you see
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Blue Eyed 03:32
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Blue Eyed I’m sending my love from this blue eyed and weathered boy Picking himself up from a long way down Taking his time just to try to find her, now she’s hanging around So if you see her hanging on the street Looks like somebody that you’d like to meet Don’t forget to pick it up and stop dragging your feet And just let it go So I’m sending my love from this blue eyed and weathered boy Picking himself up from a long way down Taking his time just to try to find her, now she’s hanging around Yeah I’ve been thinking bout this girl for a minute or two And all the million things I’d like to do Until I find a special place to make a rendezvous And just let it go, let it go, just let it go So when you’re lying there together and you’re holding her tight Think it’s a feeling that will last all night Don’t forget the first time that she went passing you by And don’t let her go, don’t let her go, never let her go, don’t let her go
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Rattled 03:28
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Rattled It’ll take a long time to shake this Until we’re rattled to the bone Until you finally had a chance to make it all on your own I’ve been running in circles around this It’s made me tired and I want to go home If I can’t have you here beside me then I’ll just stay alone The crowds will open up They’ll hold you in their arms And there is nothing you can say It’s just where I come from And that you don’t belong And there is nothing we can change You always said we’d meet up in Montana We’d settle down and find a place of our own But from this barstool in Indiana, yeah it just seems all wrong A cocktail father, A winemaker’s daughter We could be unlucky and not be able to tell Why do I feel like we’re hung up in heaven when we’re headed for hell The crowds will open up They’ll hold you in their arms And there is nothing you can say It’s just where I come from And that you don’t belong And there is nothing we can change
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Daze of the Week 03:10
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Daze of the Week Hello love, where ya been? Been hangin around in the cold, cold shadows Lookin up, from underground Won’t hear a thing if you don’t play their sound And the week goes on Hello faith, come to me I’ve been doin the things that you asked me to, and they say “Happiness, is here and now” I keep tellin myself, and let it all play out Then I go Do a few good deeds on a Monday Get off late work at the café Write a couple more song on a Wednesday Try ‘em out the next night, see what they say I’m a hurricane comin in sideways Probably won’t remember much the next day Whatever’s left of me is comin home Certified love, perfect mess A fool for it all, yeah I do confess Hung me up, and left me dry Fed me less, and almost made me cry Til I went And did a few good deeds on a Monday Get off late work at the café Write a couple more song on a Wednesday Try ‘em out the next night, see what they say I’m a hurricane comin in sideways Probably won’t remember much the next day Whatever’s left of me is comin home My favorite color, is the sun Til the nighttime falls and my work is done Have you seen them sway, love fallin down That’s the reason why I get the hell out of town Then I go Do a few good deeds on a Monday Get off late work at the café Write a couple more song on a Wednesday Try ‘em out the next night, see what they say I’m a hurricane comin in sideways Probably won’t remember much the next day Whatever’s left of me is comin home
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Five Cents 03:20
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Five Cents Would you put me on the spot if I had a song that I knew you’d always wanna hear twice Could I expect to get away with just a hello and goodbye I’m always feeling like a passer by I’m counting 1, 2, 3, as I’m lookin to the sky But I’m running out of ways to fuel this life So give me something to survive If I’ve got five cents today, and all my five senses workin great Then I know I ain’t alone, if you’re picking up your phone And giving me your five cents per play Then we both got a nickel worth of feeling ok They got me signing on a dotted line They’re asking 5, 10 percent or else I know they will decline For 15 years I’ve given all my life to pressing cotton and selling time It’s just the game that’s hung me out to dry So now I’m picking up the pieces and I’ll try to simplify But if I’m going down in flames, it will be with a smile Make sure it’s all worth while If I’ve got five cents today, and all my five senses workin great Then I know I ain’t alone, if you’re picking up your phone And giving me your five cents per play Then we both got a nickel worth of feeling ok If I’ve got five cents today, and all my five senses workin great Then I know I ain’t alone, if you’re picking up your phone And giving me your five cents today, then all my five senses workin great And I know I ain’t alone, cause you’re picking up your phone And giving me your five cents per play Then we both got a nickel worth of feeling ok
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time 03:39
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time Living out in Cali, I couldn’t hurt a lamb And I wouldn’t hurt a soul with these two hands Sent me down to San Antone with a microphone in my hand Told me to watch the waves as they came in Just a nine-to-fiver Drove up to Austin, in my second-hand Chevy van It fit the beer, the gear, and the whole band A little blood and oil, and I knew this thing would pass A little trouble along the way, but we’d get there fast But what I couldn’t foresee was a wrecked end We were goin straight until she up and took a left turn When you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time We’re always lookin forward but they're coming from behind us 300,000 miles ain’t the one to be the lying kind When you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time She was a beauty, in a drop top Cabriolet Never thought she’d shift the gears, go all the way I was in New Orleans, at the Spotted Cat Café My eyes and ears were closed, never thought she’d stray But what I couldn’t foresee was a wrecked end We were goin great until she up and kissed her best friend When you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time We’re always lookin forward but they're coming from behind us 500 miles from home, never thought she’d be the lying kind When you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time
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Out of My Mind 03:23
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Out of My Mind Since you’ve been gone, I’m going out of my mind Think of you all the time, on few occasions since you’re gone, I think I finally found A brand new coming on, chemical changes Picked up the phone, it was 11:01 Said you were lookin for fun, and feeling shameless Unlike myself to put a heart on a shelf but the past is long gone, and so I said Don’t you ever, don’t you ever forget about me Don’t you ever, don’t you ever forget about me Cause I’ve been waiting on the morning to come So we can say goodbye and be done Since you've been gone I'm lookin into the dark No trace and no spark turning pages Years have passed as love fades fast Into the southern sun It’s burning red, she said Let's be done it's time to move on It’s best to ride off into the sun Don’t you ever, don’t you ever forget about me Don’t you ever, don’t you ever forget about me Cause I’ve been waiting on the morning to come So we can say goodbye and be done Oh yeah we’re done Let's be done it's time to move on It’s best to ride off into the sun So don’t you ever, don’t you ever forget about me Don’t you ever, don’t you ever forget about me Cause I’ve been waiting on the morning to come So we can say goodbye and be done
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Drinkin 03:39
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Drinkin Back when I was growing up I learned what it takes to be a man A steady grip, a loving woman, and a drink in your other hand I got a good girl, then I got a six pack of beer Started going out to the bars to grab a hold of my fear Now it’s time for Round 11, and I ain’t no good to be around Cause don’t you know I’ve been drinkin And I wanted everybody to know An empty bottle there to greet me Telling me to have a little more Now I’m in the corner booth sinking Watching you walk through that door So I took advice from that juke I blamed it all on my roots, and I’m gone So what I trusted left me busted Empty wallet, couldn’t even stand If I raised ‘em up a little higher Maybe tonight would go as planned The devil on my left said hey, go have a ball, but the bartender said that it was time for last call Til an angel took my worries and she helped me to drown them all So don’t you know I’ve been drinkin And I wanted everybody to know An empty bottle there to greet me Telling me to have a little more Now I’m in the corner booth sinking Watching you walk through that door So I took advice from that juke I blamed it all on my roots, and I’m gone I’m gone from all of this laying ‘round happy I’ve lost the sunshine out of my day And I’ll lose plenty more before the night starts to slip away Cause don’t you know I’ve been drinkin And I wanted everybody to know An empty bottle there to greet me Telling me to have a little more Now I’m in the corner booth sinking Watching you walk through that door So I took advice from that juke I blamed it all on my roots, and I’m gone I took advice from that juke I blamed it all on my roots, and I’m gone Yeah, I pressed A-42, Garth told me just what to do And I’m gone

about

1. Get Around
2. Make You Wanna Stay
3. Shine on Me
4. Blue Eyed
5. Rattled

6. Daze of the Week
7. Five Cents
8. Wrong Place, Wrong Time
9. Out of My Mind
10. Drinkin

credits

released March 6, 2020

Taylor Young — vocals, rhythm guitars, lead guitars, drums, percussion

Toby Pipes — bass, keys, guitars, background vocals

Kenny Wayne — lead guitars on 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10

All songs written by: Taylor Young
(Crowded Hour Publishing/Lorene Lorene Publishing)

Producer & Engineer: Toby Pipes at Station Studios TX

Mixing: Nolan Thies at Diamond St Blue Room, Brooklyn

Mastering: Dave McNair at Dave McNair Mastering

Taylor Young Band is:

Taylor Young
Toby Pipes
Kenny Wayne
Josh Hoover

www.tayloryoungband.com

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Launching from last year’s debut album Mercury Transit, Taylor Young Band has embarked on an interstellar journey of discovery. Powered by new instrumentation, new arrangements, and Taylor’s trademark disarming earnestness, “Belong Together” propels an artist grounded in the roots of Americana to the swirling mist beyond the stars, beaming home a universal message of love and acceptance. ... more

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