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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Track of the Moment- I See A Darkness by Bonnie 'Prince' Billie



Will Oldham has written a lot of music over the years. From his days as Palace Music, to his more permanent moniker Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billie, the man has released enough music since the nineties to carve out for himself a certain status that few other bands of today can say he has. While comparisons between himself and other lo-fi songwriters of the nineties abound, particularly to Smog, I consider Oldham to be a bit more like folk practitioner Loudon Wainwright III, a man who has released so many albums over the years but has remained remarkably sharp in terms of talent and consistency. The fact that Oldham has extended his career this far along is testimony to his talent in his own right, but sitting as the crowned jewel in his discography is the absolutely beautiful I See A Darkness, and from that album the title track. Deeply personal, the track uses simple imagery to deliver exactly what the title promises right to the listener. It is today’s track of the moment.

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