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After his stints performing as Palace, Palace Songs, Palace Brothers, and under his own name throughout the ‘90s, by the end of the decade Will Old…

After his stints performing as Palace, Palace Songs, Palace Brothers, and under his own name throughout the ‘90s, by the end of the decade Will Oldham seemed to finally settle on the Bonnie “Prince” Billy moniker as the main outlet for his work. Regardless of the name he used to release his music or the musicians supporting him, Oldham’s style remained largely the same, pitting shambling and often sparse music against his creaky, world-weary voice and literate lyrics.


Oldham’s next project found him collaborating with guitarist Matt Sweeney (who had previously worked with Chavez and Zwan, as well as playing banjo on Ease Down the Road) for the evocative January 2005 release Superwolf. Reflective, bittersweet, and achingly melodic, it was praised as one of the year’s first truly strong albums. The singer released another solo album, The Letting Go, in September 2006.