Bill Callahan is back from the pasture with a flock of new tunes for the first time in six years. His roving humanism, looking forward and back with an astonishing mixture wry detachment and deep soul, is just the tonic for nations starving for good news from an old friend. The music is lovely dreamlike Americana stripped to the bone, as only Bill Callahan can. | 1. Shepherd's Welcome2. Black Dog On the Beach3. Angela 4. The Ballad of the Hulk 5. Writing 6. Morning Is My Godmother 7. 747 8. Watch Me Get Married 9. Young Icarus 10. Released 11. What Comes After Certainty 12. Confederate Jasmine 13. Call Me Anything 14. Son of the Sea 15. Camels 16. Circles 17. When We Let Go 18. Lonesome Valley 19. Tugboats and Tumbleweeds 20. The Beast