Bonnie Prince Billy: I Have Ma

Bonnie “Prince” Billy er i sandhed en travl mand! I løbet af de sidste fem år har han udgivet albums med sange af Susanna Wallumrod, Mekons og Merle Haggard og et album – eller kollaboration – med Bitchin Bajas! Det eneste han faktisk ikke har fået lavet, er et album med egne Bonnie “Prince” Billy sange (Wolfroy Goes To Town fra 2011 var det sidste album fra hans helt egen hånd. Og ja, det er fra tiden under Obamas første præsidentperiode…).
Ting sker oftest med baggrund i begivenheder, der er større end os selv og som vi derfor ikke har kontrol over. De sker pludseligt – eller langsomt. Men de sker en dag ad gangen og dag efter dag.
Her er derfor Will Oldhams (aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy) funderinger over markedskræfterne, værdier og æstetik. Begreber og processer, der har været med til at skabe det nye album I Made A Place:
"In recent years, the whole world of recorded music, in the way that such music is conceived, perceived, recorded, released and distributed, has been atomized. I tried holding my breath, waiting for the storm to pass, but this storm is here to stay and its devastation is our new landscape. What else is a person to do except what he knows and feels, which for me is making records built out of songs intended for the intimate listening experiences of wonderful strangers who share something spiritually and musically? I started working on these songs thinking that there was no way I was going to finish them and record and release them. This was a constructive frame-of-mind that protected the songs until this frightening moment when we let go of them and give them to you."

Verden har ændret sig. Men nogle ting ændrer sig aldrig. Og ting forsvinder. Heldigvis er Bonnie “Prince” Billy ikke en af dem. Og derfor tæller vi nu ned til et nyt album fra hans hånd.