Aw, I've been a little harsh on 2009. Poor little guy. Never meant to hurt anyone. Just because he hasn't taken music a step forward doesn't mean he doesn't have plenty of good listens in him. Yeah, Camera Obscura and Neko Case have given more of the same, but didn't we like the same? We did.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, "I Am Goodbye" (2009)

get it on Beware

Billy's new record Beware is stingier with the moments of knee-buckling beauty that last year's Lie Down In The Light was packed with, but with this song, it brings the hooks that even Light's oral sex hymn "So Everyone" can't touch. It's lyrically sparse (unusual for BPB) and begging for the type of "someone get a guitar and lets sing along" singalong that everyone dismisses as corny but secretly desperately wants.