iron and wine S/D

The Baptist Generals should be getting his press, they're a lot more fun.

To avoid having to forge an actual argument: Elliott Smith sounds like he's about to flitter away at any moment; Sam Beam sounds like he might make a "yawn" move at any moment.

Love the Baptist Generals. "St. Christopher's Medal" from No Silver/No Gold is a classic. Seemed like all that hollerin' scared a lot of people off, though. How can this be?

“Bird Stealing Bread” is my favorite song from The Creek Drank The Cradle. I'm never sure if Beam is referring to a lost love or a lost child, but even the thought that it's the latter puts a different -- and very sad -- gloss on the song.

And I think he's sidestepped self-parody nicely, by writing more muscular songs with more varied instrumentation. I thought I read that he's preparing his next full-length album for late 2006. Has anyone heard about this or about the direction his music has taken?

new album spring 2010.

Will somebody tell me how he got big enough to play Radio City Music Hall in NY? That's a big room.

i mean, he's a relatively big indie-ish act.

Iron and Wine covers George Michael.

So we just need New Order to cover Iron and Wine and the circle is complete.

I was going to say: Swing Out Sister.

Songs in major keys on the new album are great! Have we discussed this somewhere

Iron & Wine - Lovers' Revolution (2013)

I'll see about getting the title changed

"Will you say to me when I'm gone
Your face has faded but lingers on
'Cause light strikes a deal with
Each coming night
Coming night"

Pretty good pen, this guy.

New one, love letter for fire, nice

Dude has 3 million listeners on Spotify, about 10x what I expected

probably featured in the OC or something

I'm guessing there aren't many Iron & Wine fans left around here, but this new archival release is beautiful stuff. A "lost" album he recorded three years before the Sub Pop debut, not quite as hushed and sparse as The Creek Drank the Cradle, he's actually got a near full band backing him up, it has a nice Neil Young vibe going on. Didn't expect to love this nearly as much as I do.

Probably featured in the OC or something

Close - House, MD. It's my only association with Iron and Wine and it's completely ruined it for me unfortunately.

I likewise didn't expect to find it as strong as I did--I imagine it got a recent remaster before its public release, but still am v impressed by how good Tallahassee sounds for an off-the-cuff lost debut (it also helps that I had low to no expectations for it).

Ghost on Ghost was a really good record, I should try out the ones that have come since