Wine in the well

New Iron and Wine

Around the Well

A collection of b-sides and mellowed out tunes distant from Beam's last album but makes me want to light a marlboro, get out my drum and sit on a porch for a few hours in front of the fire with polka dots and a broken wooden railing. 

key tracks:

"Peng! 33"

"Hickory" (that word reminds me of bark and honey)

"Belated Promise Ring" (never had one of those thank hickory)

"Serpent Charmer" (really I just like those two words together, evil brings everyone down through slick sidewinder smiles.  But really, this songs intro and the thawp thawp of color-bending beats is fantasmo)

"Carried Home" (sad, not a soldier but been there in other states of mind)

"Kingdom of the Animals" (cause who ever frowned at that?  mine would be full of talking dolphins of the Turks persuasion)

check em out on npr here