V2 records news - Bonnie "Prince" Billy Shares New Song, "Life is Scary Horses"

New album, We Are Together Again, March 6th

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Life is Scary Horses (Official Video)

Bonnie "Prince" Billy – the persona/stage-name of musician Will Oldham - will release his new studio recordWe Are Together Again this Friday March 6th and today shares the final pre-release single from the album: "Life is Scary Horses."

The song – which Oldham describes as a "spiritual cover" of the Sally Timms / Jon Langford composition "Horses" - comes accompanied by a video directed by filmmaker Braden King. Timms sings on the track and appears in the video.

Oldham says: "A primary reason to cover a song comes from the unanswered questions the song poses in our individual or collective psyches, and I have mulled "Horses"-generated questions over and over and over again in all sorts of circumstances until finally I thought I could bring those questions to life in a new composition, a new recording, of what can technically and essentially be called a new song."

King directed the video for Oldham's 2004 cover of "Horses" (from the album Greatest Palace Music) and the two have known each other even longer. Of the new work, King says: "This piece carries long memory. Will and I have been moving in and out of each other's orbits for over half my life - his friendship, collaboration and music - along with Sally Timms' own – are woven into me. Somehow, making this felt less like creating something new than uncovering something that had been waiting a long time to surface. It's a message assembled from fragments; landscapes and symbols gathered from a world that's slipping away and what remains when certainty is gone. As it evolved, the piece itself began to feel like a relic: an elegy left behind for a future that might not remember us – or maybe one that might be trying to learn who we were."

Oldham adds: "I have worked with Braden for a few decades now, our slow burns aligning just enough to remain aware that King is one of many life-saving flotation devices in human form that I am privileged to collaborate with."
In addition to Timms backing vocals, the track also features strings arranged by Oldham's cousin Ryder McNair and whistling by Thomas Deakin. 
We Are Together Again - recorded at End of an Ear Studios in Louisville, Kentucky – is very much a collaborative album. Oldham says "As the first few songs from this record have trickled out (strategically), I'm struck by an overwhelming sense of gratitude towards many people and many circumstances. The people that built this beast with me, musically, are the finest to live among."

Sdban records news - Black Flower release ‘Diagonal Walk, ahead of new EP ‘Motions’

Release: January 23, 2026
Happiness and Butterflies - Single by Adja | Spotify
Black Flower - Diagonal Walk
Almost exactly a year after the release of their full album Kinetic, Black Flower returns with Diagonal Walk, their first new material since touring across Europe with shows in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Germany. Building on the momentum of their time on the road, the band now presents a first track that sketches out the musical direction further explored on their upcoming 3-track EP Motions.

Diagonal Walk had long been a fixture in the Black Flower live set, but had yet to be released. The track came together in a repurposed barn in the middle of nowhere, temporarily transformed into a makeshift studio that became both their think tank and playground. There, Karel's circling keyboard patterns, intertwined with a rhythmic foundation from Simon, formed a framework in which Nathan and Jon's horns could build the melodic narrative. Filip's Bass VI laid down a churning undercurrent, that drove the track's gradual ascent and underpinning its waves of energy, groove, and contrapuntal interplay, growing it into a six-minute, steadily unfolding trip.

Expanding on Black Flower's signature blend of Ethio-jazz, psychedelia and groove-driven improvisation, this latest release deepens the band's search for trance-inducing rhythms and rich harmonic layers while pushing their sound in a more exploratory and cinematic direction. The barn sessions proved catalytic, allowing the band to experiment freely, strengthen their play and develop motifs that now shape their forthcoming work.

Diagonal Walk is out today on all streaming platforms. The new EP Motions will be released on March 6, 2026 via Sdban Ultra.

BLACK FLOWER
Belgian five-piece Black Flower explores the world through a jazz-informed lens, blending Ethio-jazz, psychedelia, groove and global influences into a vibrant, hypnotic sound. Rolling drums, flutes, swirling keys and rich horn lines come together in music that is both adventurous and deeply danceable.
Since their acclaimed debut Abyssinia Afterlife (2014), Black Flower has continued to refine and expand their sound across albums such as Artifacts, Ghost Radio, Future Flora, Magma and their latest full-length Kinetic (2025), a rhythm-driven record centered on motion, transformation and release.
With the upcoming EP Motions, the band extends the world of Kinetic, presenting a concise collection of powerful tracks born from an overflow of ideas during the album sessions.
Championed by tastemakers including Gilles Peterson, The Gaslamp Killer and Lefto Early Bird, Black Flower has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and Worldwide FM, received praise from outlets such as MOJO, Stereogum and Uncut, and toured extensively across Europe. Constantly evolving, Black Flower continues to push boundaries with immersive arrangements, bold improvisation and a cinematic, trance-inducing live energy

Nathan Daems – saxophone, ney, kaval
Jon Birdsong – cornet, conch shells
Simon Segers – drums£
Filip Vandebril – bass, bass VI
Karel Cuelenaere – keys

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V2 records news – The Veils - Announce New Album "Fragile World"

THE VEILS Announce New Album "Fragile World"
ALBUM OUT 19 JUNE
Single "Lungs" out now
Lungs - Single by The Veils | Spotify
11 November live @ Trix, Antwerp

Arriving just over a year after their last release, 'Fragile World' marks a striking shift in tone and energy for the band. Recorded live to tape in New Zealand by Paddy Hill, with production by Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, The Chills, Folk Bitch Trio), 'Fragile World', captures The Veils in an urgent and instinctive mode.

As can be heard on the first single 'Lungs'' of which frontman Finn Andrews says: "I make each album, generally, as a kind of atonement for the last. Asphodels was so quiet and introspective, I think I just wanted to make something strident and full of life for a goddamn change. I wrote the lyric for this years ago, while I still lived in London and I still smoked fags."

The album's title is both a reflection of the present moment - a time in which many institutions appear to be crumbling before our eyes - and a metaphor for the act of creation itself. The process of making music, Andrews notes, is a delicate and fragile undertaking where thousands of small decisions gradually coalesce into a finished whole.

"We went into the studio with a lot of songs, but very little idea of the arrangements or instrumentation. It was truly exciting having no idea what this record would sound like and only a few weeks to figure it out. It's mostly Tom and I playing everything, with Joseph McCallum coming in at times. It was all very instinctual, quite full-on, and scary at times - but a good kind of scary, not scary like the real world out there."

With its immediacy, intensity, and emotional clarity, 'Fragile World' stands as one of The Veils' most compelling releases to date.

Wed 11 Nov 2026                  BE      Antwerp.  Trix

Thu 12 Nov 2026                   FR      Lille   Grand Mix

Since being signed to Rough Trade Records when lead singer Finn Andrews was just 16 years old, The Veils have now released eight studio albums: The Runaway Found (2004), Nux Vomica (2006), Sun Gangs (2009), Time Stays, We Go (2013), Total Depravity (2016), ...And Out Of The Void Came Love (2023), Asphodels (2025) and Fragile World (2026).

The Veils have toured consistently throughout their over twenty-year history and garnered a formidable reputation as one of the world's great live bands. As well as a fruitful collaboration with Run the Jewels' El-Pfor their 2016 album Total Depravity, they have also been praised by film directors Paolo Sorrentino, Tim Burton and David Lynch, who have all used their music on their soundtracks.

The Veils made their glorious return to the stage in 2023/24 with sold out shows across Europe, North America & Australasia through 2023-2025. The band will begin touring significantly again in support of Fragile World through 2026.

Live Nation concert - Ben Howard
Op vrijdag 12 juni 2026 in OLT Rivierenhof, Antwerpen

OLT Rivierenhof is dé locatie bij uitstek om te genieten van de dromerige en meeslepende muziek van Ben Howard. Zet vrijdag 12 juni 2026 alvast in je agenda, want dan trakteert de Britse singer-songwriter je op een exclusief concert in de intieme setting van het openluchttheater in Antwerpen. Hij brengt Clara Mann mee als special guest. Tickets zijn beschikbaar via livenation.be en oltrivierenhof.be.

Ben Howard heeft een lange weg afgelegd sinds de release van zijn debuutalbum 'Every Kingdom' in 2011. Zijn kenmerkend folkgeluid leverde hem een nominatie voor de Mercury Prize en meerdere Brit Awards op. Hij blijft zich muzikaal en artistiek heruitvinden. Doorheen de jaren is zijn muziek steeds experimenteler geworden, wat duidelijk hoorbaar is op zijn meest recente album 'Is It?'. Ook live heeft hij een stevige reputatie opgebouwd. Samen met zijn band zorgt hij voor meeslepende en intense optredens, die vaak omschreven worden als "betoverend". Tijdens de zomer van 2026 neemt hij zijn fans mee op een muzikale reis doorheen zijn repertoire. Hij wisselt daarbij moeiteloos tussen opzwepende songs en meer bedachtzame, eigenzinnige nummers. OLT Rivierenhof vormt het perfecte decor om dit uniek concert te beleven.

Tickets voor het concert in OLT Rivierenhof zijn beschikbaar via livenation.be en oltrivierenhof.be en kosten €54,50 - €51,50 (inclusief servicekosten).

Belangrijk: De Belgische regering bekijkt een hervorming van de btw-tarieven. Dit kan een impact hebben op de prijzen van concert- en festivaltickets. Het is wachten op verdere informatie, maar prijsaanpassingen zijn niet uit te sluiten in de nabije toekomst. Wie zeker wil zijn van de huidige ticketprijzen, stelt de aankoop best niet uit.

Dit concert is een coproductie tussen OLT Rivierenhof en Live Nation.

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