Something About Knowing
Something About Knowing is the fifth album by Maria Taylor, released on October 29, 2013 on Saddle Creek Records. The album finds Taylor returning to working with producer Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, recording a majority of the record in Omaha and three songs in her hometown of Birmingham. Other collaborations on this record include her brother, multi-instrumentalist Macey Taylor of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and Jenny Lewis, mixing by Andy Lemaster, and co-writing and recording two songs with Brad Armstrong of 13 Ghosts. "Paste" was the first to premiere a track  from the album on September 24, 2013, with a stream of "Up All Night". 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". "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." "This Is It" premiered on "Rolling Stone"s website on November 6, 2013. Alan Tanner directed the video for the album's first single, "Up All Night", which  premiered on Under the Radar and features her brother Macey Taylor and Taylor Hollingsworth of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. The album's cover art is a photo taken by Taylor's husband, Ryan Dwyer.