Beards...everwhere...

Beards...everwhere...

Iron and Wine Release Old Songs on New Album
and play Marymoor Park July 11

Iron and Wine has gained quite considerable popularity the last few years, mostly due to the well placed song on movie soundtracks or the overwhelming popularity of bearded folkies. With this fame, Sam Beam has expanded the sound of the band toward alt country--a far cry from the whispered melodies of earlier albums.
And while there are certainly gems on The Shepard's Dog, I myself am inclined towards the sound of Iron and Wine's humbler origins.
Well lucky me.
This week the band is releasing a two disc album of rarities and b-sides entitled "Around the Well", which collects many songs we have all heard (Such Great Heights, Trapeze Swinger, etc.) and some we haven't. It's like opening a treasure chest and finding...some iron... and a few bottles of wine...

Anyways, this summer the band is coming to Marymoor Park in Redmond for the "No Depression Festival" on Saturday July 11. Tickets are $45, and I can't think of a better way to spend a July 11 afternoon, can you?

Track List for "Around The Well"
Disc 1
1. Dearest Forsaken
2. Morning
3. Loud As Hope
4. Peng! 33
5. Sacred Vision (Mp3)
6. Friends They Are Jewels
7. Hickory
8. Waitin' For A Superman
9. Swans and The Swimming
10. Call Your Boys
11. Such Great Heights

Disc 2
1. Communication Cups and Someone's Coat
2. Belated Promise Ring
3. God Made The Automobile (Mp3)
4. Homeward These Shoes
5. Love Vigilantes
6. Sinning Hands
7. No Moon
8. Serpent Charmer
9. Carried Home
10. Kingdom of the Animals
11. Arms of a Thief
12. The Trapeze Swinger