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The Babblers are Will Oldham's mysterious new group (who opened for Bonnie Prince Billy on tour) -- MP3

DOWNLOAD: The Babblers – Come Down Here (Kevin Coyne cover) (MP3)

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The Babblers turned out to be the alter-ego of the Bonnie “Prince” Billy lineup. Dressed in sunglasses and one-piece pajamas with hoods, the six band members ambled onto a mostly dark stage that was adorned by a handful of small table lamps and a vertical trellis of white Christmas lights. One could have easily taken this for some sort of silly dalliance, but in fact, it’s a rather complex conceptual project: The group’s name is a reference to Babble, an obscure, rock-opera-ish album from the late-70s by the late British outsider artist Kevin Coyne and German singer Dagmar Krause. The hour-long set was an in-sequence performance of the entire Babble album, with Oldham and Angel Olsen, as “Angela Babbler,” in the lead vocal roles.” [The Thread]

The Babblers opened for Bonnie Prince Billy at Town Hall in NYC last night (12/8). We have a full review coming. The above-quoted review is from an earlier Babblers show. The above MP3 is believed to be a studio version of a Babblers song aka Will and band covering Kevin Coyne & Dagmar Krause, but you never can really know . Live Babblers videos below…