News: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's Album Format

The new album by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and the Cairo Gang, entitled, 'The Wonder Show of the World' is all set to be released on March 29th. To celebrate this fact they have commissioned the artist Scott Millar to hand carve 150 unique Bonnie 'Prince Billy' bottle stoppers like this little chap...



The stopper is sold as a bundle with the album and is obviously very limited so if you want one you'd better get your skates on. 'The Wonder Show of the World' reunited Billy with Emmett Kelly who have worked together before on the Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy albums, 'Lie Down In The Light', 'The Letting Go', 'Beware' and the EP, 'CHIJIMI'. The album will be released digitally and anyone ordering a stopper will be sent an email with a link to download the album on its day of release. It can be ordered exclusively through Domino's site here.

Villagers Set for New Single

Villagers appear to be the latest example of a solo artist performing under the security blanket of a band name. Whilst Villagers may have fixed band members they are very much the embodiment of Conor J. O'Brian who sings and plays all of the instruments on debut album 'Becoming a Jackal' (apart from the French Horn and strings). He even designed all of the artwork for the album himself.

Their debut single will be the title track, 'Becoming a Jackal' and will be released on April 17th, with the album following on May 24th. It will be available on limited edition 7" from Domino and it's nice to see the digital release following the physical release for a change, with the song being available for download on April 26th. You can watch the video for the song below.