August alt. folker Will Oldham – better known as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – is set to drop a joint record with gently psychedelic crew Trembling Bells.

The LP, titled The Marble Downs, will come out on the ever-interesting Honest Jon’s imprint in early April. Trembling Bells lynchpin Alex Neilson first met Oldham when the pair both worked on Alasdair Roberts‘ 2005 LP No Earthly Man. The two, it appears, hit it off creatively; according to Neilson, the new album demonstrates “a sense of a common vocabulary and identity being forged.”

The album will be preceded by an eight-track EP, entitled The Duchess. That record features additional contributions from a cappella ensemble Muldoon’s Picnic, as well as a bespoke silk-screened sleeve (and very pretty it is too). The EP promises some Scott Walker material, and a full side of ‘unaccompanied folk singing’.

The Duchess will be released soon, with The Marble Downs to follow on April 9.

The Duchess tracklist:

1. Duchess
2. Too Old To Die Young
3. I’ll Be Looking Out For Me
4. Tincture Of Tears
5. Bells Of Oxford
6. There’s Nothing Nobler Than Yorkshire In October.
7. Tuning Fork Of The Earth
8. Dancing On The Breath Of God

The Marble Downs tracklist:

1. I Made a Date (With An Open Vein)
2. I Can Tell You’re Leaving
3. Ferrari In A Demolition Derby
4. Ain’t Nothing Wrong With A Little Longing
5. Excursions Into Assonance
6. Every Time I Close My Eyes (We’re Back There)
7. Love Is A Velvet Noose
8. My Husband’s Got No Courage In Him
9. Riding
10. Lord Bless All