250 copies will be pressed on sky blue vinyl. Karate Body Records has 75 copies available for order at $25 each (shipping not included).

The remaining units will be available at Bonnie “Prince” Billy shows beginning June 10, when they play The Belcourt Theatre in Nashville.

Please note: This title will not be available in stores, only through our website and at the shows.

You can order via PayPal on our site. All orders ship after June 16.

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Cheyenne Mize & Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s Among The Gold will be available in record stores across the United States and maybe a few other continents on Tuesday, May 19 via Junket Boy.

JB’s digital store thinkindie.com will post 320 kbps mp3s of the six songs, transferred from the vinyl itself.

Aging is shit:  stuff starts to drag, things aren’t in the right place, hair leaves one area and moves to another.  Thankfully music just seems to get better with time.  The simplicity, honesty, and earnestness seems to trump any of that electro stuff you’ve been listening too, because that stuff is too big.  It’s unwieldy.  Old songs fit in your pocket.  They crawl behind your ear.  They remind you that someone could be singing to you.

That’s the beautiful recollection on Cheyenne Mize & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s EP Among the Gold out via local imprint/ne’erdowells Karate Body Records.  I wasn’t the biggest fan to Oldham’s last output.  It was too slick, too big, and too unhinged.  And besides, he didn’t have that smooth female croon that he’s been developing in his work (See:  The Letting Go).  Cheyenne Mize (from Arnett Hollow) is the perfect antidote.  These older tunes are elegant, focused, and beautifully spun.  Like a story that just keeps getting better with age, Among the Gold places us squarely in the past and present — drifting on a hushed sunbeam of song.

All “Among The Gold” pre-orders through April 11 have shipped.

For our transatlantic posses, Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s European dates begin next week! Here they are:

April 2009
21 LONDON, ROUNDHOUSE
22 AMSTERDAM, PARADISO
23 BRUSSELS, AB
24 PARIS, LE CIGALE
25 PRINTEMPS, DE BOURGES
26 MARSEILLE, CABARET ALEATOIRE
27 TORINO, TBC
28 ROMA
29 ITALY, NUOVO TBC
30 ATHENS
May 2009
01 ISTANBUL

The first run of pre-orders have shipped. That includes all pre-orders made as of March 15.  All orders made after March 15 will ship within two weeks.

Thanks to everyone for being patient and for your support.

Enjoy …

Love,
KBR

We’re also working with Junketboy on a digital version of ATG. More on that after Record Store Day, April 18.

Mat & Joe / KBR