Bill Callahan Announces New Album 'Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest' out June 14 on Drag City

Rejoice! Bill Callahan's late-phase hot streak continues with his first record since 2013, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest.

After Dream River, Bill's life went through some changes. Good changes - marriage and a kid - but afterwards, it was suddenly harder for him to find the place where the songs came, to make him and these new experiences over again into something to sing. His songs have always been elusive, landing lightly between character study and autobiography, as the singer-songwriter often does. This felt different, though. After 20 years of putting music first, he wasn't prepared to go away from it completely. Or perhaps, after all the time, the obvious needs to be made just a littlemore explicit?

First, it's a different kind of record. Bill's now writing from somewhere beyond his Eagle-Apocalypse-River headspace, and Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest is very much its own beast. The songs are, by and large, shorter, and there are more of them. It took almost all of the previous three albums to add up to that many. Plus, twenty's a lot of songs! But again, it goes a lot deeper than that.

When you finally listen to Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest, a feeling of totality, of completeness, will steal over you, like a thief in broad daylight. Of course it will- you'll be listening to a new Bill Callahan record! The first one in almost six years! What more do you need to complete you? Pre-order your copy for June 14th and get your tickets for his upcoming US/European tour!

TRACK LISTING:

1. Shepherd's Welcome

2. Black Dog on the Beach

3. Angela

4. The Ballad of The Hulk

5. Writing

6. Morning is My Godmother

7. 747

8. Watch Me Get Married

9. Young Icarus

10. Released

11. What Comes After Certainty

12. Confederate Jasmine

13. Call Me Anything

14. Son of the Sea

15. Camels

16. Circles

17. When We Let Go

18. Lonesome Valley

19. Tugboats and Tumbleweeds

20. The Beast

TOUR DATES

Europe:

• 29/9/19 Vicar Street, Dublin IE
• 1/10/19 Usher Hall, Edinburgh UK
• 2/10/19 Albert Hall, Manchester UK
• 3/10/19 Eventim Apollo, London UK
• 5/10/19 La Cigale, Paris FR
• 6/10/19 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels BE
• 7/10/19 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht NL
• 8/10/19 Admiralspalast, Berlin DE
• 10/10/19 Store Vega, Copenhagen DK
• 11/10/19 Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo NO
• 12/10/19 Göta Lejon, Stockholm SE
• 13/10/19 Pustervik, Gothenburg SE