It features ten covers, some obscure and some so familiar even the most mindless of radio DJs will recognise them.  Full text...

The Brave and the Bold was born from a joke between Oldham and members of Tortoise, and the album is begging for you not to take it seriously. Just enjoy it, man.  Full text...

The Brave and the Bold is a melding of the minds, a comic-book collision of musical forces whose mutant powers turn mere simulation into disturbing mimetic magic.   Full text...

Ultimately, The Brave and the Bold is not the best of either Tortoise or Bonnie "Prince" Billy, but it is a solid collection of covers from two of the most revered names in the indie music world.  Full text...

he Brave and the Bold represents a solid collaboration project between two prolific and genre-defining musicians, and this is a solid listen regardless of whether or not it's breaking any new ground. And on top of that, The Brave and the Bold shows that "collaboration" isn't a dirty word.  Full text...

These apart it's not an easy record to get to grips with, but half of it at least rewards your efforts.  Full text...

The Brave And The Bold chronicles an iceboat journey of co-captains Will Oldham and Tortoise into the charted but frozen waters of pop and rock's thinning edges.  Full text...

Such are the simple pleasures of being a rabid fan, I suppose, but since it's unlikely such surprises will enchant the masses, The Brave And The Bold is ultimately neither: this is one esoteric album.   Full text...

There's no one really to blame for this album's lack of consistence or quality, but this is still a very disappointing collaboration coming from these two acts.   Full text...