{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Something About Knowing | type = studio | artist = Maria Taylor | cover = Maria_Taylor_2013_Album_Something_About_Knowing.jpg | alt = | released = October 29, 2013 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk rock | length = 35:40 | label = Saddle Creek Records | producer = Mike Mogis | prev_title = Overlook | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = In the Next Life | next_year = 2016 }} '''''Something About Knowing''''' is the fifth album by Maria Taylor, released on October 29, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/something-about-knowing/id703926795|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109182526/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/something-about-knowing/id703926795|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2013|title=Something About Knowing by Maria Taylor on Apple Music|website=iTunes|publisher=}}</ref> on Saddle Creek Records. The album finds Taylor returning to working with producer Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saddle-creek.com/store/610|title=Saddle Creek - Maria Taylor - Something About Knowing|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.omaha.com/go/for-maria-taylor-a-fine-line-between-happy-and-cheesy/article_994b7b54-32ea-5733-a21a-0e3abd44f71b.html|title=For Maria Taylor, a fine line between happy and cheesy|first=Kevin Coffey / World-Herald staff|last=writer|date=January 2014 |publisher=}}</ref> recording a majority of the record in Omaha and three songs in her hometown of Birmingham.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hearnebraska.org/events/maria-taylor-pj-bond-waiting-room-omaha/|title=Maria Taylor with PJ Bond @ The Waiting Room - Omaha - Hear Nebraska|publisher=}}</ref> Other collaborations on this record include her brother, multi-instrumentalist Macey Taylor of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and Jenny Lewis,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://weldbham.com/blog/2014/10/30/just-one-of-the-guys-macey-taylor/|title=Just one of the guys|date=31 October 2014|publisher=}}</ref> mixing by Andy Lemaster,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/acoustic-nation-maria-taylor-releases-something-about-knowing-today-saddle-creek|title=Maria Taylor Releases 'Something About Knowing' Today via Saddle Creek|date=29 October 2013|publisher=}}</ref> and co-writing and recording two songs with Brad Armstrong of 13 Ghosts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/12/the_birmingham_sessions_maria_1.html|title=The Birmingham Sessions: Maria Taylor (bonus video)|date=2 December 2013 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forthecountryrecord.com/2013/11/03/maria-taylor-releases-new-album-something-about-knowing/|title=Maria Taylor Releases New Album "Something About Knowing"|first=Press|last=Releases|date=3 November 2013|publisher=}}</ref>
''Paste'' was the first to premiere a track from the album on September 24, 2013, with a stream of "Up All Night".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2013/09/song-premiere-maria-taylor---up-all-night.html|title=Song Premiere: Maria Taylor - "Up All Night"|publisher=}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/todays-top-tune/maria-taylor-something-about-knowing|title=Maria Taylor: Something About Knowing|date=21 October 2023 |publisher=}}</ref> "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."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/10/09/maria-taylor-indulges-love-of-pop-on-tunnel-vision-song-premiere/|title=Maria Taylor Indulges Love Of Pop on 'Tunnel Vision' (Song Premiere)|first=Eric R.|last=Danton|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=9 October 2013 |publisher=}}</ref> "This Is It" premiered on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s website on November 6, 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/this-is-it-by-maria-taylor-free-mp3-20131106|title='This Is It' by Maria Taylor - Free MP3|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=}}</ref>
Alan Tanner directed the video for the album's first single, "Up All Night",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mariataylor/posts/10151972962840853|title=Maria Taylor - I'M SUPER EXCITED that the video that ALAN... - Facebook|website=Facebook|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alantanner.com/?p=645|title=Maria Taylor "Up All Night" – Alan Tanner|publisher=|access-date=2015-02-02|archive-date=2015-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204202225/http://www.alantanner.com/?p=645|url-status=dead}}</ref> which premiered on Under the Radar and features her brother Macey Taylor and Taylor Hollingsworth of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/media/premiere_up_all_night_video/|title=media - Under the Radar - Music Magazine|publisher=}}</ref> The album's cover art is a photo taken by Taylor's husband, Ryan Dwyer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iamthefbomb.com/?p=380 |title=Sweetness and Light: Review of Maria Taylor's Something About Knowing |website=www.iamthefbomb.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073916/http://www.iamthefbomb.com/?p=380 |archive-date=2018-08-30}}</ref>
==Track listing== #"Folk Song Melody" – 3:07 #"Up All Night" – 3:15 #"Tunnel Vision" – 4:43 #"Sum of Our Lives" – 3:32 #"You've Got a Way with the Light" – 2:12 #"Something About Knowing" – 3:52 #"This Is It" – 4:26 #"Broken Objects" (13 Ghosts cover) – 2:53 #"Saturday in June" – 3:54 #"A Lullaby for You" – 3:53
==Personnel== * Maria Taylor - Composer, Drums, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Mellotron, Percussion, Piano, Primary Artist, Vocals * Brad Armstrong - Banjo, Composer, Drum Programming, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Organ, Producer, Vocals * Ryan Dwyer - Photography, Layout, Vocals (Background) * Daniel Farris - Keyboards, Mixing, Omnichord, Producer * Andy LeMaster - Mixing * Mike Mogis Banjo, Composer, Drum Programming, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitars, Instrumentation, Keyboards, Mandolin, Mixing, Pedal Steel, Percussion, Producer, Programming, Vibraphone * Lester Nuby III - Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Producer, Vocals * Macey Taylor - Bass, Composer, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Standup Bass, Vocals * Jadon Ulrich - Layout * Doug Van Sloun - Mastering
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