super groovy delicious bite: superwolf

Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy lifted up above the lie with the blood embrace of these haunting harmonies of muscle, tone, and tears. The two had initially collaborated on the soundtrack for 'Quelque Chose d'Organique'. Will Oldham had created the alter ego of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy for the full length album 'I See A Darkness' and he brought Sweeney into the studio for the follow up 'Ease Down The Road'.

Sweeney had been in Skunk, Chavez, and Zwan before coming together with Oldham for the full fledged partnership that would yield the album 'Superwolf'.

Oldham remembers: "It started with three songs. I was going to play this show in London, and I thought, 'Let's try to write three songs together so there will be a reason for this show.'... and later we worked on the rest of the songs in New Orleans."

Sweeney adds: "There was no time, almost comically, to ever rehearse the songs. It was like one of those anxiety dreams where you have to go onstage unrehearsed. We were literally learning the songs as we were walking up to the stage...I wrote them knowing that Will would be singing them."

The sessions were engineered and produced by Paul Oldham and feature Will Oldham on bass, percussion, synthesizer, and vocals; and Matt Sweeney on bass, synthesizer, and vocals; with Peter Townsend on drums; and Sue Schofield on guest vocals.

Oldham: "With Matt there's an approach that's like an openness to what's going to happen in the song. But as soon as the groove is hit, it becomes incredibly solid and full and reliable and strong. There's a heavy, strong, powerful confidence that is also really… Fun."