Update: Read our review here:
In 2022, Bill Callahan delighted us with his backwards-titled album, stylised as a reflection: YTI⅃AƎЯ, poignantly opening the album with the lyric, “And we’re coming out of dreams / As we’re coming back to dreams”.
In his album review, Glenn Kimmpton concluded:
Not everything is as it seems on this record; it will surprise, challenge and delight you, but the overwhelming feeling is one of allowing the senses to open and let life flow in. In short, another masterpiece from Bill Callahan.
Drag City have just announced the release of ‘Resuscitate!’, a live album recorded at Chicago’s Thalia Hall on March 22, 2022 during the YTI⅃AƎЯ tour. His band comprised of Matt Kinsey on guitar, Dustin Laurenzi on alto sax and Jim White on the kit. It didn’t end there. Throughout the show, Bill was joined by a smattering of Chicago players on stage: Nathaniel Ballinger on piano for “Planets”, Pascal Kerong’A from the opening band adding vocals for “Naked Souls” with Nick Mazzarella on alto sax — and of course, he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to invite Joshua Abrams (on guembri) and Lisa Alvarado (on harmonium) to play on “Natural Information”.
Bill Callahan:
“This is a live album that was taken from the tour for YTI⅃AƎЯ. Songs tend to mutate after they’ve been recorded. These songs were mutating faster than usual. Like whatever happened to Bruce Banner in the lab — I knew these songs were about to get superpowers. As far as I was concerned, this change needed to be documented. The best thing about documenting something is that it gives the creator permission to move on should they wish to move on. I usually prefer to move on.
These songs were recorded in Chicago, America’s heart. And at one of the best clubs in the country — I try to only work with venues that are not entangled with Live Nation/Ticketmaster. Thalia Hall, baby. Stay free.”
Resuscitate! is out July 26, 2024, via Drag City on 2xLP, CD, and digital platforms!
Bill will visit the UK and Europe later this year, including a 4-night solo residency at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Resuscitate Tracklisting
- First Bird
- Coyotes
- Keep Some Steady Friends Around
- Partition
- Drover
- Pigeons
- Everyway
- Naked Souls
- Natural Information
- Planets
Pre-Order Resuscitate: https://billcallahan.lnk.to/resuscitate
BILL CALLAHAN UK/EUROPEAN SOLO RESIDENCIES
Sept. 17 @ Café de la Danse in Paris, France
Sept. 18 @ Café de la Danse in Paris, France
Sept. 20 @ KVS Bol in Brussels, Belgium
Sept. 21 @ KVS Bol in Brussels, Belgium
Sept. 23 @ Button Factory in Dublin, Ireland
Sept. 24 @ Button Factory in Dublin, Ireland
Sept. 27 @ ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, England
Sept. 28 @ ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, England
Sept. 29 @ ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, England
Sept. 30 @ ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, England
Support by Jerry David DeCicca