On August 31st, Iron & Wine will release Weed Garden, a six-song collection of all new material rooted in the writing process that brought us the Grammy nominated, Beast Epic. Recorded earlier this year at The Loft in Chicago, the EP joins the ranks of previous releases – The Sea and Rhythm, Woman King and In the Reins which contain some of Iron & Wine’s most beloved material.
The second song shared from Weed Garden is ‘Waves of Galveston‘. This fan favourite first appeared as part of The Onion’s AV Club ‘State Songs‘ and is finally making its official release. A short trip from Austin where Sam Beam lived for a number years, Galveston and its coastal beauty is brought to life in this late summer breezy acoustic number that harkens back to some of Iron & Wine’s earliest material.
Beast Epic, the deeply personal sixth proper full-length album from Iron & Wine, received universal praise upon its release in the fall of 2017 [link here]. Rolling Stone said it was “Beam’s most dynamic and convincing record in years”, while Pitchfork noted that it was reminiscent of “the warm acoustic instrumentation of his early work”. The AV Club perhaps summed it up best with its A grade when they wrote “Beam has written his most affecting, impressive set of songs in a long time—maybe ever…scaling back the lavish orchestration while maintaining a sense of brightness and verve.”
Weed Garden
Tracklisting:
- What Hurts Worse
- Waves of Galveston
- Last of Your Rock ‘n’ Roll Heroes
- Milkweed
- Autumn Town Leaves
- Talking to Fog
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