Nicht viel neues weiß PITCHFORK zu berichten, allerdings geben sie ein genaues Datum für die Albumveröffentlichung THEN THE LETTING GO und für die Nachfolgesingle COLD AND WET an: 18.9. (UK) = ALBUM , 13.11. (UK) = SINGLE!
Will Oldham’s veil of secrecy has been lifted just a tiny bit, revealing a shaggy beard, piercing blue eyes, and details of the new Bonnie „Prince“ Billy album. Then the Letting Go, recorded in Iceland last winter with Björk producer Valgeir Sigurdsson, is due out September 18 on Domino in the UK, and in the U.S. the following day courtesy of Drag City.
The album includes backing vocals from Dawn „The Faun“ McCarthy of Drag City labelmates Faun Fables, bass from Billy’s brother Paul Oldham, guitar riffs from Emmett Kelly (the Cairo Gang), and percussion from the Dirty Three’s Jim White.
Then the Letting Go will be preceded by the single for „Cursed Sleep“, due July 24 in the UK (Domino) and July 25 in the U.S. (Drag City) in both CD and 12″ formats. The former will include a video. „Cursed Sleep“ is backed by two non-album tracks.
Another single, „Cold and Wet“, will come out November 13 on Domino in the UK and November 14 on Drag City.
Und hier noch einige Worte zur im Juli erscheinenden ersten Single CURSED SLEEP:
[U][COLOR=#0000ff][I]Will Oldham’s new Bonnie „Prince“ Billy record, Then The Letting Go, is out in September, but damned if the first little taste didn’t drop into our laps today.
Recorded in Iceland at the studio of the mighty [U][COLOR=#0000ff][I]Valgeir Sigurdsson, Oldham is pushing ever onwards into bigger, cleaner production, leaving the lo-fi, warbling artful dodger behind – and these first few tastes sound fierce. „The Cursed Sleep“ is the first single on the record, and while lyrically the territory is familiar („I slept sweetly unpretending/ That the night was always ending/ She breathed lightly right next to me/ I dreamed of her inside of me“), sonically the song is a bombastic ground swell with sweeping and diving string arrangements and a pretty blistering electric guitar lead. The Dirty 3’s Jim White is on drums, and while we admit (blushingly) that he [U][COLOR=#0000ff][I]just recently popped up on our radar, we are in love. His sense of dynamics is outrageous – he pushes the songs up or down with surprising snare catches and bass hits, rather than by simply playing louder or softer. Rounding out the „The Cursed Sleep“ single are „The Signifying Wolf“ – a dark, blues-based, devil’s gospel howler with a tribal chorus of wild vocal tracks and speaking in tongues – and „God’s Small Song“ – an abstracted lullaby with strings co-arranged by our holmie [U][COLOR=#0000ff][I]Nico Muhly. „The Signifying Wolf“ is must-hear material, and will not be on the record. The rest of the specs:
Tracklist:
1. Cursed Sleep
2. The Signifying Wolf
3. God’s Small Song
Band:
Emmett Kelly, guitar
Dawn McCarthy, voice
Paul Oldham, bass
Jim White, drums
Valgeir Sigurdsson, recording
(Quelle: Fader.com)
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