NAME: Patrick WolfPROGRESS REPORT: Releasing his fourth album, The Bachelor (Bloody Chamber Music), on June 1.Patrick Wolf is 6'4", has a shock of white-blond hair and a penchant for avant-garde fashion, Elizabethan music, and baroque set design. So yeah, it's no surprise that Universal Records, his last record label, wasn't the best home for his upcoming LP, The Bachelor. The record veers a bit from the poppier songs of The Magic Position and features production from German digital hardcore producer Alec Empire, a gospel choir, and spoken word interludes by actress Tilda Swinton. But it was Wolf's decision, not his label's, to split up his double album, Battle, into two separate LPs. Putting the two together, he says, would be taxing to record, and a big demand on listeners. "To release a double album is such a statement. You're saying, 'Ok, can I have an hour and half, two hours of your time to listen to me?'" he says. "My music is already quite hard-going for a lot of people and I just thought it's better to do it in two pieces so it would be digestible."Continue reading Progress Report: Patrick Wolf...