Sweet Billy Pilgrim: twice born men

Here’s the best album of the year so far – a complex, richly textured work of exceptional power and beauty:


You can listen to the songs at the band’s website, and you can download a free copy of the lovely song “Truth Only Smiles.” Be sure also to check out the stunning “Kalypso”:

        We’ll sleep to the creaking of timbers

        The pitch and yaw of empty vessels

        I’ll plot points on a curve

        Over all her tender navigations
        Oh my mutinous heart 

        I can’t overthrow...