Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bryce Dessner & Eighth Blackbird Announce ‘When We Are Inhuman’ Album
By Ming Lee Newcomb Jun 20, 2019 • 1:30 pm PDT
Later in the summer, Bonnie “Prince” Billy (also known as Will Oldham) and The National‘s Bryce Dessner will release a collaborative album with the contemporary classical ensemble Eighth Blackbird. Titled When We Are Human, the eight-track collection is due out on August 30 via 37d03d.
The album features a number of new Eighth Blackbird arrangements for Will Oldham, as well as a new installment of Dessner’s Murder Ballades series written for Eighth Blackbird. The collection also includes a live performance of Julius Eastman’s “Stay On It,” paying tribute to the musician who passed away in 1990. Across the LP, the group draws on a wide range of roots and Americana traditions, pairing Appalachian and old folk tunes with more contemporary and sometimes avant-garde offerings.
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To preview their upcoming LP, the collective has released When We Are Inhuman‘s first single, “Beast For Thee.” Listen to the charming composition below:
When We Are Inhuman Tracklist
- Stay on It
- New Partner
- Beast for Thee
- Down in the Willow Garden
- One with the Birds
- Banks of Red Roses
- Underneath the Floorboard
- When Thy Song
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