Indie folk icon Bonnie "Prince" Billy is back! Despite having just put out a record in 2023 (Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You), Will Oldham is back in his Bonnie saddle for another new album.

The Purple Bird is due out January 31. In a surprising shift, the LP will be released in North America by No Quarter – not by his very long time label, Drag City.

Oldham has also released the first single from the album, "Our Home", which features guest work from Grammy-winning mandolin player Tim O'Brien. It comes with an stop-motion video directed by Michael Cullen. Watch/listen below:

The Purple Bird was recorded in Nashville alongside producer David “Ferg” Ferguson (who also cowrote several songs). Of working with Ferugson, Oldham says:

“I’ve made records with friends, collaborative records like 'The Brave and the Bold' with Tortoise; the two 'Superwolf' records with Matt Sweeney; 'The Wonder Show of the World' with Emmett Kelly; 'Get on Jolly' with Mick Turner. These collaborators get top billing because that’s how this business works. This record, 'The Purple Bird', is similarly a collaborative effort but the collaborator is the producer, David Ferguson. He’s a giant of a man, an epic musical force, a dear friend. Our work together on this record was the result of years of sharing hard times and great joys, songs and stories, of making music together and apart. There’s a lot of trust in this record on Ferg’s part and on mine, and the trust was hard- and well-earned. When I listen to the record, oftentimes I can’t help but laugh in wonder that life allowed me to participate in such a thing.”

The two met while working on country legend Johnny Cash's American III, on which Cash dueted with Oldham on a cover of the latter's classic "I See a Darkness". Ferguson was the engineer on that record.

Additionally, country-singer John Anderson, Ronnie Bowman, Pat McLaughlin, Tommy Prine, and Roger Cook all also contribute to the songwriting on the album.

The Purple Bird is out January 31. Preorder here. Find a full tracklist below:

1. “Turned To Dust (Rolling On)”
2. “London May”
3. “Tonight With The Dogs I’m Sleeping”
4. “Boise, Idaho”
5. “The Water’s Fine”
6. “Sometimes It’s Hard To Breathe”
7. “New Water”
8. “Guns Are For Cowards”
9. “Downstream”
10. “One of These Days (I’m Gonna Spend The Whole Night With You)”
11. “Is My Living In Vain?”
12. “Our Home”