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Blackness of the Night (feat. AZITA)

by Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy

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Determined to make a new friend out of an old favorite, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Bill Callahan dropped a tape letter through AZITA’s mail slot, asking only for one in return. The contents they sent: one of Cat Stevens’ earliest protest songs. What they got back: a version of the song to sing together! Though unfamiliar with the tune, AZITA arranged and played it entirely, attaining celestial translucence by downshifting into a slower tempo. The harmonies of Bonnie and Bill step into the spiritual spotlight, as fresh dollops of synth and other keys bloom in the darkness. Cat’s version pays a debt to the churchy sound of Procol Harum; AZITA spends the sum in other ways, transposing the instrumental break into a heavenly guitar break before giving way to the two Bills, who take it out with a last pass of harmonized hope against hopelessness.

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released October 1, 2020

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Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy Chicago, Illinois

First heard from together in October 2020, Callahan & Billy were then heard regularly for the next year, in collaboration with fellow Drag City ecosystemites, on 19 cover songs from an insane mix of artists known and unknown – a virtual Blind Date Party, reaching across shutdowns, isolations and shelterings-in-place, uniting people in space and time, projecting community at its most resilient. ... more

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