Critiques CD: Bonnie Prince Billy | Wolfroy Goes to Town

Continuing to mine and refine the songbook(s) of an American past long gone, Will Oldham strips things down to spare minimalism on this latest incarnation of his longest running character. Instead of trying to get to the bottom of who and what he is, kick back and soak up the mellowed chill emanating from Wolfroy…, an album that sees nary more than an acoustic or slightly electrifi ed guitar strumming left-field folk tweets and right-field country ditties, his blunt vocals matched and pushed to new heights by his lady cohort Angel Olsen. Breathtakingly simple, heartfelt and honest.