I have been listening to an advance copy of the new Wilco recording "Sky Blue Sky" for several weeks now. Once again, I am completely enthralled. While the official release date is May 15th, the album has already been heard by tens of thousands of fans worldwide largely via their own website where the full release has been streaming for free for the past few weeks.
This band gets it. Free access and leaked copies are not killing this band – or their record label. They know that the internet is their friend. When the CD version is released in a few days it will be among one of the biggest sellers that week – possibly the biggest seller – and a lot of that is due to this widespread early exposure. I know how good this recording is – and it is VERY GOOD, one of the most complete, fully realized albums I have heard in a long time.
This track has been posted in a lot of places and now you can get it here. This song is "What Light", back in the day it would have been called the single, now it’s a free sample. Take One.