Ohio River Boat Song/Drinking Woman
Released: 1992
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Released: 1992
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Listening to Palace's debut single with the benefit of hindsight, it's remarkable to consider the extent to which Will Oldham's music arrived fully and perfectly formed -- while certainly not to...
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O How I Enjoy the Light/Marriage
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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It's symptomatic of the perversity implicit in all of Will Oldham's work that he regularly assigns some of his most compelling efforts to castoff singles and other rarities that only the most...
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For the Mekons, Et Al/Stable Will
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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You could go crazy trying to rationalize the mercurial ways of Will Oldham, and it's accordingly hard to figure out the exact raison d'etre for this single, captured live at Chicago's late,...
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Little Blue Eyes/The Spider Dude Is Often There
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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The story comes full circle with this single, the last-ever official release under the venerable Palace catch-all. Originally recorded for a November 1993 BBC radio session, the backwoods shuffle...
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Gesundheit and Other Songs
Released: 1998
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Released: 1998
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Following the release of the essential odds-and-ends compilation Lost Blues and Other Songs, there remained a number of singles, B-sides and stray tracks from the extensive Palace/Will Oldham...
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Come In/Trudy Dies
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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Notably more defined and robust than previous Palace outings, the "Come In"/"Trudy Dies" single captures the polarizing emotional extremes of Oldham's singular vision, juxtaposing fragile, poignant...
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An Arrow Through the Bitch
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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The four-song An Arrow Through the Bitch compiles a pair of classic early Palace singles, both of them critical stepping stones from the neo-old-timey primitivism of efforts like There Is No-One...
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Every Mother's Son/No More Rides
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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Like a child struggling to reconcile his estranged parents, with his remarkable cover of "Every Mother's Son" Will Oldham effectively brings together the long-quarreling spirits of Neil Young and...
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West Palm Beach/Gulf Shores
Released: 1994
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Released: 1994
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Perhaps the loveliest moment in the Palace canon, the "Gulf Shores"/"West Palm Beach" single boasts a languid, doleful beauty calling to mind slowcore acts like Red House Painters. Couched by...
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