All the stars seem to perfectly align on “Cursed Sleep” and unfortunately nothing else on The Letting Go comes close to matching the lush, epic, crescendo arrangement and complementary, “just so” harmony of Dawn McCarthy on that single. The song is flawlessly mixed and balanced; in most of the other tracks, McCarthy is more pronounced and the result is more of a distraction, akin to dumping a boulder, from space, in a glassy, rural lake: it breaks you out of your spell. Overall, producer Valgeir Sigurosson did an impressive job to combine the rustic with symphonic, but perhaps Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billie might want to consider the more consistent, and ethereal, Nigel Godrich (Blur, Beck, Elbow) for his next album.… Expand

Boring and very flowery, in a bad way. I'm going to the renaissance festival today and expect to hear music not much less engaging than this. I loved the Superwolf Collab. and I See A Darkness but this release just has no pulse.

Fucking great.

back in form and - let's face - hardly anyone can touch this man when in form logical progression from Master & Everyone which was also delicious

Beautiful, but don't expect a tidy folk album. This album aches, just like the heart does.

Hypnotic and special. But this is coming from someone who thinks Mr. Oldham can do no wrong.

Perfect.

Another perfect album. Beautifully crafted and some amazing lyrics, but thats what we come to expect.

Beautiful songs. Complex and mysterious lyrics. But some of Oldham's singing is on the rough and pitchy side. Overall, amazing.

Luminous and lethargic, ecstatic and fairy.

silly to rank, but whatever it is that this guy does so beautifully, he does it again here. We go with him to that place.

Will Oldham, aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, can thank the fickle winds of Indie fashion that he has a long pedigree for producing the sort of music that is currently in much demand. It also happens to be one of his best albums. 'Cursed Sleep' is a standout.

Much fuller, richer sound than on previous Oldham albums. Not as accessible because it takes longer to get through all of the layers, but it rewards those who stick with it.

I think Will Oldhams persona (this "wild man in the woods"-shtick) is beginning to wear a bit thin...in my mind he peaked with the magnificent I see a Darkness - this is just a minor rerun with added strings and that horrible backing singer, who certainly does her best at making the music obtrusive in an almost comical way...

For me, there are four Bonny Prince Billy.classics - you can call them "classics" even now: "I See A Darkness", "Ease Down The Road", "Master and Everyone", and now "The Letting Go". How can such dark songs have this uplifting quality, well, I still have to find out!

just beautiful