The Purple Bird

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Label: Domino Recording Co
Release Date: 31st January

Bonnie's gone proper Nashville on this, the sound is homely country, he's got some of the music city's best player and for only the second time in his career he's got a producer in. Twangy and cosy, don't think I've been this excited for a BPB album like this in a while. 

The Purple Bird finds Bonnie "Prince" Billy working with a "producer" for only the second time in his illustrious catalogue. This time it's David "Ferg" Ferguson (Johnny Cash, Sturgill Simpson) who guides the songs backed by "the best band you can get in Nashville right now", country singer John Anderson and Bluegrass legend Tim O'Brien. The Purple Bird is simultaneously like and unlike other BPB records. Many of the songs are a product of multiple composers’ voices, making the shape-shifting aspect of the BPB persona more fluid than ever before.