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It isn't enough for the word "wolf" and variations thereof to ruthlessly dominate band nomenclature in this century. Now the lupine lingo is finding a place in album titles as well!

Enter Wolves and Wishes, the fourth and latest official album from percussion whiz and Andrew Bird bandmate Martin Dosh. The proper follow-up to 2006's The Lost Take arrives May 13 on that clearinghouse of all things eclectic, Anticon. And while Dosh could certainly conjure a full-band sound all lone wolf stylee, here he's recruited a pack of collaborators.

Bird contributes his trademark violin stylings to "Don't Wait for the Needle to Drop" and "Kit and Pearle", while Fog members and associates turn up on "Don't Wait" and the sorta title track "Wolves". Elsewhere, Odd Nosdam lends some "tuneful noise" to "Keep Up Appearance". And then there's the granddaddy of guest appearance-makers, Will "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy" Oldham, who sings on "Bury the Ghost".

Dosh promises us a tour of North America in support of Wolves and Wishes, dates to come.

Wolves and Wishes:

01 Don't Wait for the Needle to Drop
02 Bury the Ghost
03 If You Want To, You Have To
04 First Impossible
05 Kit and Pearle
06 Wolves
07 Food Cycles
08 Keep Up Appearance
09 The Magic Stick
10 Capture the Flag