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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Will Oldham as Bonnie "Prince" Billy was recorded in Kentucky with contributions from Sara Louise Callaway, Kendall Carter, Elisabeth Fuchsia, Dave Howard, Emmett Kelly, Drew Miller, and Dane Waters.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
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  1. Aug 11, 2023
    90
    Like the best of Bonnie "Prince" Billy's work that came before it, Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You is the kind of record that gets played over and over until it feels like a part of the listener's personal history.
  2. Aug 9, 2023
    80
    Keeping Secrets feels like, itself, a bit of a hidden gem, murmured at you rather than shouted, a quiet one but a grower.
  3. Aug 9, 2023
    80
    An open, compassionate record with a fierce spirit. [Sep 2023, p.33]
  4. Mojo
    Aug 9, 2023
    80
    Has a spare, homespun feel with its simple folk guitar. [Sep 2023, p.82]
  5. Aug 10, 2023
    80
    Will Oldham has set a new standard for himself on Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You, a standard that could only possibly be outdone by the artist who set it.
  6. Aug 14, 2023
    77
    Oldham long sounded like he had wisdom to share, and he sometimes did. Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You overflows with it.
  7. Aug 9, 2023
    70
    Like any secret, it is sometimes sharp and poignant, sometimes mundane. And yet, in its best moments, it becomes a secret worth hearing.

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