"For the purposes of the current (applicable) timeline, the last
time there was a new collection of original Bonnie Prince Billy
songs was 2011's Wolfroy Goes to Town. The released records
in the intervening years have been of previously-recorded
songs most often written by other people (the Everly Brothers,
Susanna Wallumrod, Mekons, Merle Haggard; even Bonnie
'Prince' Billy). There was the collaborative record Bonny made
with Bitchin Bajas called Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties. In recent years, the whole world of recorded music,
in the way that such music is conceived, perceived, recorded,
released and distributed, has been atomized. I tried holding
my breath, waiting for the storm to pass, but this storm is here
to stay and its devastation is our new landscape. What else is
a person to do except what he knows and feels, which for me
is making records built out of songs intended for the intimate
listening experiences of wonderful strangers who share some-
thing spiritually and musically? I started working on these
songs thinking that there was no way I was going to finish
them and record and release them. This was a constructive
frame-of-mind that protected the songs until this frightening
moment when we let go of them and give them to you.
