Iron and Wine: to release Shepherd’s Dog on September 25
Iron and Wine has announced that his next full-length will drop September 25. Sam Beam, the solo artist that writes under the name of Iron and Wine, will release Shepherd's Dog via Sub Pop, as he has with his previous albums. The track listing for Shepherd's Dog has also been divulged, as has a few live recordings.
The first single for the Shepherd's Dog album will be released July 10, promoting Boy With a Coin. The single will also contain Carried Home, and Kingdom of the Animals, tracked during the Shepherd's Dog recording session. Two other b-sides are still unclaimed by an album at this point.
"Beam says the new album has a 'wider sonic palette' than anything he's previously released. Among the guests are Calexico's Joey Burns and Paul Niehaus, Tin Hat Trio accordionist Rob Burger and Califone's Brian Deck. 'There's some waltzes, reggae-influenced stuff and some straight-up West African highlife music,' he says, the latter style of which crops up on 'House by the Sea.'" (Billboard)
Sam Beam has a Masters of Fine Arts in Film and Cinematography, and according to Wikipedia, was a professor at Miami University before taking ahold of his musical career. Since 2002, Iron and Wine has released three full-lengths, twelve EPs and singles, and self-directed numerous music videos. In 2005 he released In The Reigns EP with Calexico, and his cover of Postal Service's Such Great Heights was on the Garden State soundtrack.
Iron and Wine – Shepherd's Dog track listing:
1. Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car
2. White Tooth Man
3. Lovesong of the Buzzard
4. Carousel
5. House by the Sea
6. Innocent Bones
7. Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)
8. Resurrection Fern
9. Boy With a Coin
10. The Devil Never Sleeps
11. Peace Beneath the City
12. Flightless Bird, American Mouth
Pagan Angl and a Borrowed Car (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
Lovesong of the Buzzard (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
Carousel (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
House by the Sea (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
Resurrection Fern (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
Boy With a Coin (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
Peace Beneath The City (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
Flightless Bird, American Mount (Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07) link2 link3
* for the complete Live At Pabst Theater 2-8-07 bootleg, visit Captain's Dead (part1 part2)
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