Bonnie “Prince” Billy is readying a collection of his Peel Sessions for BBC Radio 1. Pond Scum is out January 22 via Drag City. It features his cover of Prince’s “The Cross” and a previously unreleased original called “Beezle.” He’s also shared a new arrangement of his song “Rich Wife Full of Happiness,” which doesn’t appear on the album but is, according to a press release, “similar in tone.” Listen and find the tracklist below.
Pond Scum:
01 (I Was Drunk at the) Pulpit 02 Death to Everyone 03 Arise, Therefore 04 Jolly Five 05 Beezle 06 Jolly One 07 When Thy Song Flows Through Me 08 The Houseboat (O How I Enjoy the Light) 09 Trudy Dies 10 The Cross 11 Stable Will 12 The Idol on the Bar