IRON AND WINE
Iron and Wine, the principal recording/performing vehicle for current Austin, TX resident Sam Beam has, since 2002, released three full-length albums, a handful of EPs and singles, plus the collaborative In the Reins EP with Calexico. An incredibly prolific songwriter, Sam has built each album from a wealth of recorded material. Many of the songs not found on individual Iron and Wine releases later surfaced in live performance and in various limited-edition compilations. Up till now, any fan would find it difficult to track down these rarities.
Collecting songs ranging from out-of-print to never-before-released, Around the Well spans Iron and Wine’s earliest sessions which yielded the band’s debut (2002’s The Creek Drank the Cradle) through material recorded for 2007’s The Shepherd’s Dog. The double-disc/triple-LP Around the Well collection is broken up into two sections. The first half is an assortment of hushed home recordings, unedited and raw, and the second highlights moments captured in the confines of proper studios with the help of other musicians, friends and engineers.
The album’s title comes from a line in the song “The Trapeze Swinger,” a fan favorite which was written for and included in the movie In Good Company. Three more songs written and recorded for the film finally make their appearance here as well: “Belated Promise Ring,” “God Made the Automobile” and “Homeward, These Shoes.” Around the Well also brings together hard-to-find covers such as The Flaming Lips’ “Waitin’ for a Superman” and New Order’s “Love Vigilantes,” along with one of Iron and Wine’s earliest originals, “Sacred Vision,” which appeared on a compilation for Sound Collector magazine.
In support of Around the Well, this May "Iron and Wine will perform ten intimate…
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Iron and Wine - Around the Well
SP808 - Released: May 19, 2009Collecting songs ranging from out-of-print to never-before-released, Around the Well spans Iron and Wine’s earliest sessions which yielded the band’s debut (2002’s The Creek Drank the Cradle) through material…
Full Lengths
Iron and Wine/Calexico - In The Reins
The Creek Drank the Cradle
Our Endless Numbered Days
The Shepherd's Dog
Around the Well
EPs
The Sea And The Rhythm
I-Tunes Exclusive
I-Tunes Exclusive (4 Trks)
Woman King
Passing Afternoon
Singles
Call Your Boys b/w Dearest Forsaken (LIMIT 2)
Trapeze Swinger
Such Great Heights +2
Boy With a Coin
RELATED
Such Great Heights
Nothing Is Precious Enough for Us
Stay Close
Click the white play button to stream audio or right click the link to download the MP3.
- Iron and Wine - Belated Promise Ring (MP3)
- Iron and Wine - Innocent Bones (MP3)
- Iron and Wine - Boy With a Coin (MP3)
- Iron and Wine - Woman King (MP3)
- Iron and Wine - Naked As We Came (MP3)
- Iron and Wine - Jesus the Mexican Boy (MP3)
- Iron and Wine - Lions Mane (MP3)
- Iron and Wine - Southern Anthem (MP3)
Follow the links for QuickTime videos.
- Iron and Wine - Lion's Mane (MOV)
- Iron and Wine - Boy with a Coin (MOV)
- Iron and Wine - Southern Anthem (MOV)
- Iron and Wine - Naked As We Came (MOV)
- Iron and Wine - Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car (live) (MOV)
- Iron and Wine - Resurrection Fern (live) (MOV)
- Iron and Wine - Boy with a Coin (live) (MOV)
- Iron and Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth (live) (MOV)
- No tour dates scheduled at this time.
- Promo Photo - Iron and Wine - 2011 by Piper Ferguson
- Cover - Our Endless Numbered Days
- Cover - The Sea And The Rhythm
- Cover - Passing Afternoon
- Cover - Woman King
- Cover - The Creek Drank the Cradle
- Cover - Iron and Wine/Calexico - In The Reins
- Cover - The Shepherd's Dog
- Cover - Around the Well
- Press - Iron and Wine - MOJO review of The Shepherd's Dog
- Press - Iron and Wine - Q review of The Shepherd's Dog
- Press - Iron and Wine - TIME critic's pick for The Shepherd's Dog
- Press - Iron and Wine - THE INDEPENDENT (9.21.07) review of The Shepherd's Dog
- Press - The Shepherd's Dog in Uncut magazine's 2007 "Albums of the Year"
- Press - The Shepherd's Dog in Mojo Magazine's 2007 "Top 50"
- Press - Iron and Wine - MOJO feature June '08)
- Press - Iron and Wine - AMERICAN SONGWRITER (Sept/Oct '07) feature