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musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited January 2008 in Other Music
Who here is excited about the new record. The new single "boy with a coin" is one of the most outstanding protest songs I have heard about the conditions of the world so far. Extremly poignant without being explicit.
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  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    When does the new album release and where can I listen to the new single?
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    new single available at myspace.com/ironandwine

    new album is september i think
  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    Didn't the new album leak in June?
  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    I just finished listening to the new single. Pretty good. Really different from his previous two albums.
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  • 7 Kettles7 Kettles Posts: 86
    i have the new album....it's phenomenal!!!!!!!!!!

    very very cool...a natural evolution from "woman king"....lots of african type drumming on a lot of songs....less slow songs than his previous albums. still, the slow ones are all completely jaw dropping (namely "carousel" and "ressurection fern").

    top 5 albums of 2007, methinks.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    a must-buy for me!
  • newwetkojaknewwetkojak Posts: 62
    i knew vaguely about iron and wine, remember them being really minimalistic vocals/guitar? i guess i assumed they were talented, but maybe too far into that sappy "woe-is-me" kinda thing that grates on me.

    heard "boy with a coin" and its swirling flamenco flourishes, and atmospheric vocals blew my mind.

    immediately bought the album and after the first spin through, quickly decided it might be my favorite record of the year. that doesn't happen to me very often.

    this is in a very elite league in my music collection, and i've only owned the damn thing for three days. heartfelt, almost abstract lyrics without any pretension or overly bleeding heart sappiness (which is very rare in my opinion) presented in a strange stream of conciousness fashion that rarely adheres to a typical verse-chorus-verse structure, a jaw-dropping variety of musical sounds and textures and rythms performed flawlessly by top-shelf musicians, AMAZING production that could easily have gotten out of hand (check out the over production on Ray Lamontagne's new album... fucking killed it). beautiful, beautiful, amazing fucking work. i might dabble in sam beam's other transmissions, cuz he's obviously one of the most talented musicians out there today, but from what i've been reading online, "the shepherd's son" sounds like quite a departure for him, kinda pissing off his old, hardcore fans. gotta love that.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I recently got the new album too and i'm liking it a lot.
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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    I first listened to Iron & Wine with Our Endless Numbered Days, so I was a bit taken aback by the new approach. But this disc has really grown on me, and was definitely one of my favorites of the year. Some great, low key jams going on here. It really translates well live too.

    newwetkojak, you do need to look at some of Iron & Wine's other releases. If you aren't into the straight solo acoustic thing that he did on the first few releases, at least get the In The Reins EP he did with Calexico.
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  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    merkinball wrote:
    I first listened to Iron & Wine with Our Endless Numbered Days, so I was a bit taken aback by the new approach. But this disc has really grown on me, and was definitely one of my favorites of the year. Some great, low key jams going on here. It really translates well live too.

    newwetkojak, you do need to look at some of Iron & Wine's other releases. If you aren't into the straight solo acoustic thing that he did on the first few releases, at least get the In The Reins EP he did with Calexico.

    I love the CD too... I think I need to check out more by Iron and Wine...
  • newwetkojaknewwetkojak Posts: 62
    bump
  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    I really enjoy both "Endless Numbered Days" and "The Shepard's Dog". He did a good job incorporating a more diverse, fuller sound into his latest album, the drastic change could have been a disaster, but he pulled it off.
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    Iron & Wine is one of the sets I'm most looking forward to at Bonnaroo. I'm very happy I get to see Iron & Wine, Gogol Bordello, and Pearl Jam all in the same day. :)
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Ohhh I only heard of these guys a few weeks ago... I'm currently investigating their music :D
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