Bonnie “Prince” Billy, the National’s Bryce Dessner, and the contemporary classical outfit Eighth Blackbird have teamed up for a new album called When We Are Inhuman. It comes out August 30 via 37d03d. The record includes Eighth Blackbird’s new arrangements of Will Oldham songs, a live performance of Julius Eastman’s “Stay on It,” and movements from Bryce Dessner’s Murder Ballades. Below, listen to a new version of “Beast for Thee.”
Earlier this year, Dessner released his new album El Chan. In addition, his multimedia project Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) debuted in cities across North America.
When We Are Inhuman:
01 Stay on It
02 New Partner
03 Beast for Thee
04 Down in the Willow Garden
05 One With the Birds
06 Banks of Red Roses
07 Underneath the Floorboard
08 When Thy Song
