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bonnie “prince” billy – cursed sleep

bonnie “prince” billy, aka will oldham, has recorded under about a zillion different names. but, his explanation for doing so is extremely logical if you think about it. how many times has an artist released a great record, only to release a follow up record to which everyone critiques by saying, “this sounds NOTHING like their last album. i hate this. they are stupid and i dont even like their first record anymore. how could they do this to me? dont they care about what i want? how dare they release the music that they were inspired to write at this time.” in order to avoid all of that nonsense, and because he was always recording with different people, he would just record under a different name each time so that there were no expectations. makes perfect sense, doesnt it? …read more and hear the song…