Iron & Wine - Woman King

Aside from the immediacy and intimacy of his recorded work, there is one thing clear about Iron & Wine's Sam Beam: he is wonderfully prolific. In just short of two-and-a-half years, he has released two albums (2002's The Creek Drank The Cradle and 2004's Our Endless Numbered Days) and two EPs (this and 2003's The Sea and the Rhythm). Recorded in August 2004 with Brian Deck at his Engine Studios, Iron & Wine's latest release is striking both for its broadened palette (percussion, piano, violin, electric guitar) and its thematic focus on female characters both archetypal and personal.

"Beam is a fearlessly accessible songwriter, framing his melancholy in concrete imagery and solid, inviting melodies. He writes with the self-confidence of a man at peace with his gauzy gifts. He sings like a father talking to a child he respects or like a husband to a wife he adores." - SPIN

1. Woman King

2. Jezebel

3. Gray Stables

4. Freedom Hangs Like Heaven

5. My Lady's House

6. Evening On The Ground (Lilith's Song)

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