Bonnie “Prince” Billy – the persona/stage-name of musician Will Oldham – will release a new studio record titled We Are Together Again on March 6th via Domino/No Quarter. The follow-up to 2025’s The Purple Bird, Oldham began working on this set before his Nashville-sojourn to record that album, and picked them up again last spring, taking these 10 songs into End of an Ear Studios in Louisville with his current tour mates Jacob Duncan (flute and saxophone) and Thomas Deakin (clarinet, whistle, baritone electric guitar, accordion, cornet), along with Ryder McNair, Chris Bush, Ned Oldham and Erin Hill.
Oldham explains: ‘This record was made closer to the Ohio River than any I’ve been involved with since 1993’s Palace Brothers‘ There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You. Louisville’s current-and-past vital musical community is highlighted on every song. Catherine Irwin, who sang on Ease Down the Road, is back here on ‘Hey Little’ and ‘Vietnam Sunshine’. Lacey Guthrie, Tory Fisher and Katie Peabody, the three front women of the band Duchess, sing together on the opening and closing songs, parallel odes to the beast that is fear.’
The album was engineered by Jim Marlowe, who co-produced it with Oldham. The first track to be shared from the record is ‘They Keep Trying To Find You,’ the video for which was produced by Jake Forman and choreographed and directed by Abi Elliott.
The album tracklisting is as follows:
1. Why is the Lion?
2. They Keep Trying To Find You
3. Strange Trouble
4. Life is Scary Horses
5. (Everybody’s Got a) Friend Named Joe
6. Vietnam Sunshine
7. Hey Little
8. Davey Dead
9. The Children are Sick
10. Bride of the Lion
The album is available to pre-order on limited transparent vinyl (with exclusive art print via DomMart), standard vinyl, CD (with poster) and digitally. It may be pre-ordered at DomMart.
Oldham will play at St. Giles’ Church, Camberwell, London on January 26. For tickets, pre-order the album from Dash The Henge HERE
