Iron and Wine: Around the Well
Posted by Matt
Next week, Iron and Wine will release Around the Well, a two-disc collection of rare and unreleased songs. Among the early home recordings, studio outtakes and hard-to-find covers, is “The Trapeze Swinger,” written and recorded for the film, In Good Company. The tender epic is one of Sam Beam’s most endearing songs. With his distinct voice and finger-picked guitar, Beam considers fleeting love and death and offers the most gentle use of the phrase “Fuck the man” you will ever hear. It’s a song that stops me in my tracks and turns over in my head long after its nine-and-a-half minutes are done. Around the Well is out May 19 via Sub Pop.
In conjunction with the release, Iron and Wine is offering free digital downloads of eight acoustic outtakes from The Shepherd’s Dog. Get them here.
Iron and Wine – The Trapeze Swinger
Iron and Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Alternate Version)
Iron and Wine is touring right now, and they aren’t stopping anywhere near Texas.
Tags: around the well, iron and wine, sam beam, Sub Pop
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