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In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Will Oldham referred to his upcoming Bonnie "Prince" Billy album Beware as "the big record" as opposed to last year's Lie Down in the Light aka "the little record." He was talking about Beware's increased promo push-- the usually press-shy Oldham is planning to do some photo shoots and interviews to plug the record "if only to prove that record promotion doesn't really work, at least not for him," according to the piece. So get ready for some hot face hair snaps to stick alongside the Fleet Foxes and My Morning Jacket posters above your bed.

Go ahead and start with the sufficiently brooding, silhouetted cover of Beware. It's especially cool because if you look at it just so you can see a beautiful opera singer. See it? No? Keep looking!

Beware, which features many guests including ex-Wilco multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach and the Mekons' Jon Langford, will hit the UK on March 16 (via Domino) and in the U.S. on March 17 (via Drag City). The "bigness" also involves a rather large North American tour starting in March; see dates below.

And since this is a Will Oldham story and Will Oldham does not stop ever, there is an addendum. The Louisville singer will bring a brand new song to one side of a whip-lash split 7" with hard-rocking brutes (and fellow Kentuckians) Young Widows this April via Temporary Residence. On the less aggro side of things, Oldham also contributed a track called "The Girl in Me", a collaboration with Cheyenne Mize, to the ninth annual Louisville for Lovers compilation, which also features locals like the Mack and Lucky Pineapple. That's a lot of Louisville.

03-12 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
03-13 Urbana, IL - Independent Media Center
03-14 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
03-16 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
03-17 Iowa City, IA - The Picador
03-18 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
03-19 Minneapolis, MN - The McGuire Theater (Walker)
03-21 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret
03-22 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Broadway Theatre
03-23 Edmonton, Alberta - McDougall United Church
03-24 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Hall
03-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Vogue Theatre
03-26 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
03-27 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
03-30 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
04-02 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
04-07 Lawrence, KS - The Granada
04-10 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant