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...usual lo-fi folk aesthetic is dropped in favor of a Skynrydesque Southern-rawk. The album’s harder sound is also due to Matt Sweeney’s guitars: the last time Oldham and Sweeney collaborated, as the alt-country power-duo “Superwolf,” the results were similarly heavy. Though you wouldn’t expect it, this harder sound really enhances Oldham’s vocal performance: he forsakes the irritating mumble-whisper delivery of albums past for throatier, fuller vocalizations. As a result, this is one of the few albums...
Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Will Oldham by birth) and Matt Sweeney were at the MFA supporting their recent co-release, “Superwolf,” a triumphantly maudlin recording with lyrics dripping equally with blood and irony. The lyrics have yet to wound, but Oldham’s words do indeed characteristically reference bodily fluids and gory death. The extent of the two musicians’ collaboration is unclear, as the album itself is unmistakably close to Oldham’s past recordings , whose other alter-egos include Palace and Palace Music (with brother...
Drums were an interesting addition to the music, hardly noticeable (if present) on Superwolf, juicing up some of the more charged songs (“My Home is the Sea” and “Goat and Ram” both crescendoed in new ways in the live setting). As enigmatic and skittish as Oldham is known to be, he comes off remarkably calm and melody-oriented on both the album and the stage, and because this contrasts some with his past, often frenetic, work, it may be chalked up to Sweeney’s presence and the collaborative...
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