A couple weeks ago Kelefa Sanneh wrote an interesting (if overly mystifying) piece on Will Oldham in The New Yorker. In it, Sanneh notes that Oldham refers to Lie Down In The Light as “the little record” and that:
In March, he plans to release “the big record,” a deeply satisfying album called Beware, which conjures a mood of resolution, maybe even finality … He intends to promote the album with singles, a photo shoot, and a handful of interviews, if only to prove that record promotion doesn’t really work, at least not for him.
In one such promotional turn he appeared on WNYC’s Soundcheck for an interview and a performance of Beware‘s second track “You Can’t Hurt Me Now.” You’ll have to deal with John Schaeffer to get to the goods, but the unadorned Oldham’s worth the wait. It’s also fun hearing Will playing the smart-ass in the interview (re: Nashville, etc.) and going into his thoughts on acting and music, among other things. So stay tuned:
(Via I Am Fuel, You Are Friends)
That was live. It appears in studio form on Beware:
01 “Beware Your Only Friend”
02 “You Can’t Hurt Me Now”
03 “My Life’s Work”
04 “Death Final”
05 “Heart’s Arms”
06 “You Don’t Love Me”
07 “You Are Lost”
08 “I Won’t Ask Again”
09 “I Don’t Belong To Anyone”
10 “There is Something I Have To Say”
11 “I Am Goodbye”
12 “Without Work, You Have Nothing”
13 “Afraid Ain’t Me”
Here’s the album art:
Beware is out 3/17 via Drag City.
[Photo by Jesse Fischler]
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the feature with BPB in the recent New Yorker Magazine [Jan 5th] is a great one.
“A couple week ago” GET A LINE EDITOR
“GET A LINE EDITOR” Don’t you mean “Get a line editor.”? I mean, you know about punctuation and proper capitalization, right?
Cool cover, reminiscent of ‘I See A Darkness’. Really looking forward to this one.
between IUD ripping off the Mael Brothers and now this…interesting “trend” we have going on at the ‘gum today…don’t believe me?
Scrawled handwriting and a black-and-white photo? I think you’ve cracked the case!
Last year’s Lie Down In The Light first introduced me to Oldham. Great stuff. I’m really anticipating this release.
aw, brandon, why the schaeffer dis? It’s the radio voice, isn’t it?
it is. i’m sorry. i bet he’s a nice guy, but goddamn those radio voices.
it should be noted that i can’t stand ira glass for the same reason — and i realize people i love love him.
guh!? … I’m speechless… Mostly:
Gee, I thought for sure the only thing we didn’t have in common was metal. And noise. Et al. I’m sure you feel the same way abt peter sagal and other unthreatening and charmingly nerdy npr types. hater
(prolly hate emoticons too)
Cool cover, reminds me of “Before and After Science.”
A bit of “Tonight’s the Night” in there too.
Oldham is the link to Evolution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUvzc61xsck