It's easy to see why on hearing of this single. No More Workhorse Blues is a lushly-produced yet wrist-slashingly dark song revolving around just three chords, some pedal steel and folkish strings. Equally brooding (but not nearly as good) is B-side Ruby, which contrasts Will Oldham's usual fragile vocals with gutteral howls. It's almost a relief when the slightly more (but not very) uplifting extra track kicks in - The Kiss is a poorly recorded but beautiful acoustic meditation on "the sweet communion of a kiss".

The title track's video (featured on the CD) by Julian Donkey Boy director Harmony Korine matches the Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy in its disturbing weirdness - by the time of the final shot featuring Will Oldham grinning menacingly at the camera, it feels like you're probably peering into the dark recesses of his mind - and it ain't pretty. Certainly not for the faint of heart.