Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | Will Oldham | Palace

[Kevin Davis]

Kreng and Zeb, check PM's.

[Blaine Ryan]

So, I mentioned in the "RM Top 25" thread that I made a 4CD Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "rarities" mix last year, and at least one RMer took moderate interest in it so I figured I'd dangle it over here. Calling it a 4CD mix is a little misleading, because the 4th disc is just the new self-titled record and another digital-only full-length release titled "Funtown Comedown"--a live-in-studio recording--crammed onto a single disc for convenience's sake. But the first three are a nice convenient way to listen to some of BPB's many, many scattered one-offs, EP's, B-sides, 7-inch singles, etc. It is not an exhaustive collection--not only is it virtually impossible to keep up with all of BPB's releases, but there were a number of things I could only find in really, really low bitrate mp3's which even for a non-audiophile like myself just doesn't hack it. As it stands I think the lowest quality files here are the mp3's I bought myself from Drag City's website (in the ballpark of 256kbps) and a few files I bought from iTunes. So if that sort of thing doesn't bother you this is a wonderful collection of songs that are a pain in the ass to track down one by one. Contents spoilered below:

Spoiler: show

CD1
1. I Am Drinking Again
2. Dreaming My Dreams
(“I Am Drinking Again” single, 1998)

3. Black Dissimulation
4. No Such As What I Want
(“Black Dissimulation” 7”, 1998)

5. I Confess
(from “Bonnie Prince Billy Sings the Songs of Kevin Coyne,” 1998)

6. One With the Birds
7. Southside of the World
(“One With the Birds” 7”, 1998)

8. When Thy Song Flows Through Me
(from "Blue Lotus Feet," 1998)

9. Let’s Start a Family (Blacks)
10. A Whorehouse is Any House
(“Let’s Start a Family” 7”, 1999)

11. Little Boy Blue
12. Little Boy Blue 2
13. Blue Boy
(“Little Boy Blue” 7”, 2000)

14. What’s Wrong With a Zoo
15. I Send My Love to You
16. Stablemates
(1999 Peel session, "Ease Down the Road" bonus disc, 2001)

17. Barcelona
("We All, Us Three, Shall Ride" 7", 2002)

18. Less of Me (Glen Campbell cover)
("Little Lost Blues" CD, 2006)

CD2
1. Happy Child
2. Forest Time
(2003 single)

3. His Hands
(iTunes single, 2006)

4. The Signifying Wolf
(from "Cursed Sleep" single, 2006)

5. Poor Shelter
(split 7" with Young Widows, 2009)

6. Stay
7. People Living
(“Stay”7”, 2009)

8. I’ll Love You (Forever and Ever)
9. In Spite of Ourselves
(Susanna and Bonny Billy tour EP, 2009)

10. Only a Dream
11. Love’s Old Sweet Song
12. Beautiful Dreamer
13. Kiss Me Again
14. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
15. Silver Threads Among the Gold
(“Among the Gold” 10”, with Cheyenne Mize, 2009)

CD3
1. How About Thank You
2. Hey Little
3. Champion
4. Face Him
("Chijimi" EP, 2009)

5. Midday
6. You Win
(BPB and the Cairo Gang “Midday” single, 2010)

7.Island Brothers
8. New Wonder
(BPB and the Cairo Gang “Island Brothers” 10”, 2011)

9. Must Be Blind
10. Life in Muscle
(BPB and Matt Sweeney “Must Be Blind” 10”, 2011)

11. God is Love
(“God is Love” 10” ,2011)

12. Black Ice Cream
(from “Quail and Dumplings” single, 2011)

13. Whipped
14. Out of Mind
(“B-Sides for ‘Time to Be Clear’” 7”, 2012)

15. Hummingbird Pt. 1
16. Tribulations
17. Because of Your Eyes (Band Version)
18. Hummingbird, Pt. 2
(“Hummingbird” 10”, 2012)

19. Christmas Eve Can Kill You
20. Walking the Dog
(BPB and Dawn McCarthy “Christmas Eve Can Kill You” 7”, 2012)

I'd be interested in this, if you don't mind tossing it my way.

[washing machine]

So, I mentioned in the "RM Top 25" thread that I made a 4CD Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "rarities" mix last year, and at least one RMer took moderate interest in it so I figured I'd dangle it over here. Calling it a 4CD mix is a little misleading, because the 4th disc is just the new self-titled record and another digital-only full-length release titled "Funtown Comedown"--a live-in-studio recording--crammed onto a single disc for convenience's sake. But the first three are a nice convenient way to listen to some of BPB's many, many scattered one-offs, EP's, B-sides, 7-inch singles, etc. It is not an exhaustive collection--not only is it virtually impossible to keep up with all of BPB's releases, but there were a number of things I could only find in really, really low bitrate mp3's which even for a non-audiophile like myself just doesn't hack it. As it stands I think the lowest quality files here are the mp3's I bought myself from Drag City's website (in the ballpark of 256kbps) and a few files I bought from iTunes. So if that sort of thing doesn't bother you this is a wonderful collection of songs that are a pain in the ass to track down one by one. Contents spoilered below:

Spoiler: show

CD1
1. I Am Drinking Again
2. Dreaming My Dreams
(“I Am Drinking Again” single, 1998)

3. Black Dissimulation
4. No Such As What I Want
(“Black Dissimulation” 7”, 1998)

5. I Confess
(from “Bonnie Prince Billy Sings the Songs of Kevin Coyne,” 1998)

6. One With the Birds
7. Southside of the World
(“One With the Birds” 7”, 1998)

8. When Thy Song Flows Through Me
(from "Blue Lotus Feet," 1998)

9. Let’s Start a Family (Blacks)
10. A Whorehouse is Any House
(“Let’s Start a Family” 7”, 1999)

11. Little Boy Blue
12. Little Boy Blue 2
13. Blue Boy
(“Little Boy Blue” 7”, 2000)

14. What’s Wrong With a Zoo
15. I Send My Love to You
16. Stablemates
(1999 Peel session, "Ease Down the Road" bonus disc, 2001)

17. Barcelona
("We All, Us Three, Shall Ride" 7", 2002)

18. Less of Me (Glen Campbell cover)
("Little Lost Blues" CD, 2006)

CD2
1. Happy Child
2. Forest Time
(2003 single)

3. His Hands
(iTunes single, 2006)

4. The Signifying Wolf
(from "Cursed Sleep" single, 2006)

5. Poor Shelter
(split 7" with Young Widows, 2009)

6. Stay
7. People Living
(“Stay”7”, 2009)

8. I’ll Love You (Forever and Ever)
9. In Spite of Ourselves
(Susanna and Bonny Billy tour EP, 2009)

10. Only a Dream
11. Love’s Old Sweet Song
12. Beautiful Dreamer
13. Kiss Me Again
14. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
15. Silver Threads Among the Gold
(“Among the Gold” 10”, with Cheyenne Mize, 2009)

CD3
1. How About Thank You
2. Hey Little
3. Champion
4. Face Him
("Chijimi" EP, 2009)

5. Midday
6. You Win
(BPB and the Cairo Gang “Midday” single, 2010)

7.Island Brothers
8. New Wonder
(BPB and the Cairo Gang “Island Brothers” 10”, 2011)

9. Must Be Blind
10. Life in Muscle
(BPB and Matt Sweeney “Must Be Blind” 10”, 2011)

11. God is Love
(“God is Love” 10” ,2011)

12. Black Ice Cream
(from “Quail and Dumplings” single, 2011)

13. Whipped
14. Out of Mind
(“B-Sides for ‘Time to Be Clear’” 7”, 2012)

15. Hummingbird Pt. 1
16. Tribulations
17. Because of Your Eyes (Band Version)
18. Hummingbird, Pt. 2
(“Hummingbird” 10”, 2012)

19. Christmas Eve Can Kill You
20. Walking the Dog
(BPB and Dawn McCarthy “Christmas Eve Can Kill You” 7”, 2012)

I'd be interested in this, if you don't mind tossing it my way.

Me too.

[Kevin Davis]

No problem gents.

[zeb]

Many thank yous, KD.

[E.H. Ruddock]

No problem gents.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I meant to PM that to you, but you get the point that I'm begging you for it, right?

[washing machine]

That "Among the Gold" EP in this KD collection has real staying power. These are some of the most beautiful harmonies I've ever heard him do with someone else.

[kreng]

had this song stuck in my head all fucking week:

[kreng]

http://sinceproductions.com/tommie-prince-billy/

[kreng]

new 7" with Cairo Gang

https://emptycellarrecords.bandcamp.com ... be-alright

[Simple Torture]

new 7" with Cairo Gang

https://emptycellarrecords.bandcamp.com ... be-alright

Thanks for the heads-up!

[super nintendo chalmers]

new 7" with Cairo Gang

https://emptycellarrecords.bandcamp.com ... be-alright

Thanks for the heads-up!

Ordered. Thanks!

[kreng]

http://stompperphonestore.storenvy.com/ ... -5-5s-case

[kreng]

New solo record (whatever that means in his case) via drag city in September.

[Heathen]

New solo record (whatever that means in his case) via drag city in September.

Prolific Kentucky indie folk figure Will Oldham has announced yet another LP as Bonnie "Prince" Billy, with the latest entry into his lengthy back catalogue coming under the title Singer's Grave: A Sea of Tongues. The album lands September 23 through longtime label Drag City.

A press release confirms the arrival of the album and offers up the cover art, a water colour painting of a tiger, but doesn't really deliver much beyond that. The label does, however, point to an interview with the artist as conduced by a DJ "Rockin Ryan" at Q101 radio. As you'll see down below, the YouTube clip is dubbed "Most Awkward Innerview (sic) Ever!?!", and certainly lives up to that promise. It's also quite possible that the audio you'll hear is more performance art than it is an interview.

The chat comes with a quick and odd confession from Oldham that he "accidentally swallowed a can of donkey water this morning," and finds him describing a foot injury that apparently inspired the album. "I wanted to make something that'd stop the hole in my foot," he said after previously announcing the injury gushed out all sorts of purple fluids.

While the nearly 20-minute conversation was light on song details, the singer-songwriter described Track 3 as sounding something like a "duck with a broken foot" and noted the collection is "music you can spit in your hands to."

As we wait for more details to be delivered in a much less uncomfortable manner, you can comb through the rest of the highly confrontational interview in which Bonnie "Prince" Billy demands the DJ speak in a Mickey Mouse-styled higher register, threatens to punch him in the mug with his "butter fist" and likewise asserts that he plans to "slap your heinie in the face with my fist."

As Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Oldham recently issued a 7-inch supporting his score for an Australian surf film and released the Solemns collaboration with Marquis de Tren (a.k.a. Dirty Three guitarist Mick Turner), the What the Brothers Sang Everly Brothers tribute with Dawn McCarthy, and a self-titled LP in 2013.

http://exclaim.ca/News/bonnie_prince_bi ... of_tongues

[zeb]

Never have I loved such a confounding artist as Will Oldham.

[kreng]

got the "new" record today, i moved to a temporary place recently and won't be able to play records for a bit but about half the song titles i recognize as old songs. does anyone have a link to a digital copy?

[Simple Torture]

Haven't seen any digital copies yet. I preordered the LP but haven't gotten a shipping notification yet :-/

[andynomore]

got the "new" record today, i moved to a temporary place recently and won't be able to play records for a bit but about half the song titles i recognize as old songs. does anyone have a link to a digital copy?

The new album is available for download on itunes now. On a quick run through, there are no new songs, it's a session re-working of the entirety of Wolfroy, with the Whipped b-side thrown in. Kinda like Greatest Palace Music or Now Here's My Plan, but is seems awful early to revisit Wolfroy. I'm guessing your mileage may vary with this one depending on your love for Wolfroy.