Name: Superwolves
Brand: Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

WIGLP492

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

 Housed in Tip On Sleeve with Fold-out Lyric Insert. 

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-07-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0887828049219

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

WIGLP492X

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blue

Ocean Blue.

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Extended format: Yes

 Housed in Tip On Sleeve with Fold-out Lyric Insert. Includes Temporary Tattoo Giveaway

0887828049233

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / blue

WIGCD492

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0887828049226

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Domino

Where once was Superwolf, now roam Superwolves, the new album and demon spawn of Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.

The songs that make up Superwolves, the duo’s second album and first since 2005’s Superwolf, go boldly into undreamed-of places, and go deep, as Matt and Bonny take all the musics they know to make songs that penetrate. In classic Garcia-Hunter style, Sweeney and the ‘Prince’ first work separately, finding a path to each other in their solitary imaginings. Bonnie lyric sets delivered to Matt spark Sweeney’s guitar brain; chords and a melody are shaped, recorded fast and loose and sent back to the Prince, then the two parties meet up to sing, stitch, strengthen and finally perform them together in front of a small unsuspecting audience. Then new sets of lyrics are sent, animated and played in a high wire style until the shared songs and experiences are ready to commit to record. This is just the beginning of their fusion process, as words imply vocalizations to counter and support, and guitar lines suggest harmonic fields to subtly push into. In this process, a new creature grows out of the old one. In this name of this partnership, the guitar shares an open and fluid space with the vocals, the voices sing with the guitars - every moment in the life of Superwolves is an extravaganza, guided only by its need.

As far as this record, as in when and how it came together, the two man crew started working on it five years ago. The first actual session, however, went down about a year ago at Brooklyn’s Strange Weather and the next took place at the Butcher Shoppe in Nashville. Sweeney oversaw the mixing of the Brooklyn sessions with Oldham overseeing the Nashville mixes. On the album, Sweeney sings harmonies along, with, and around his favorite singer, and plays all electric, acoustic, and bass guitars, joined in places by David Ferguson on stand-up bass, Mike Coltun on electric bass, Mdou Moctar on electric lead, Ahmoudou Madassane on rhythm guitar, Souleyman Ibrahim, Ryan Sawyer and Peter Townsend on drums and Mike Rojas on keys. The Bonnie ‘Prince’ sings. Does he ever. And Superwolves rules over all.

Superwolves

Music GB