Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
(Drag City: 2009)
Bill Callahan is one of my favourite artists. It actually doesn't really matter what song he is singing, I could literally just sit and listen to him. He's got this huge, rich baritone voice that reeks of authority and emanates a simple, pure beauty with every word. And the lyrics he writes are amazingly introspective and probing. I can only liken it to what it might feel like to be friends with your grandfather: him telling you stories and aphorisms of an older age for a new breed. Does that even make sense? You might know him as Smog or (Smog) - this is technically only his second album under his own name - but you cannot confuse the voice or music. Altogether I think this is his thirteenth or fourteenth album (including his work as both Smog and (Smog) ).
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