Taylor sat in the production seat when they recorded the album at Overdub Lane in Durham over a week in July 2020. He was joined by an impressive roster of collaborators, including Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes, Zach Williams of The Lone Bellow, Nashville guitar great Buddy Miller, and producer/musician Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Between March and June, Taylor wrote nearly two dozen tracks from his home. Quietly Blowing It came into fruition piece-by-piece. “And so the joyful moments feel like they’re just flying by-there’s no thinking involved.” “Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the moments of work and creation are so joyful, and the moments of anxiety and depression feel sticky, like moving in slow motion,” he says. Though he’s accrued plenty of evidence of the hours spent in his home studio-an 8’ x10’ cinder block basement enclosure-Taylor still wonders where the time went. “But I’ve been dealing with more anxiety, depression, listlessness, feeling more adrift than at any time in my life. By “a lot,” he glosses over a bounty of unannounced recording projects and songwriting unfathomable to even a considerably productive person. Burned out on road life, he canceled the remaining Australian tour dates and headed back to North Carolina to “find peace.” He had sidelined himself, months earlier, while touring his Grammy-nominated album Terms of Surrenderin the UK. When the pandemic swept the nation in mid-March, last year, Taylor was already home. His rocker stylings are also threatened by the fluorescent bike helmet at his feet on the patio, graffitied with weather-worn chalk etchings, and as he reflects on the context of the album creation, Taylor further softens. At a closer glance, though, some of the tattoos read more like badges of honor, spelling out names-”Abby,” “Elijah,” and “Ione,” the names of his wife, son, and daughter. Leaning back in a wrought-iron chair, he extends his arm, revealing a canvas of eclectic ink indicative of a true road warrior. The best of INDY Week’s fiercely independent journalism about the Triangle delivered straight to your inbox.
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