Iron and Wine - "The Creek Drank The Cradle", Classic or Dud?

This album really does hold up well, Clorox notwithstanding.

I don't see how "Bird Stealing Bread" can be about a dead child at all. I mean, maybe particular lines in isolation might be resonant, but when you get to a line like "Do his hands in your hair feel a lot like a thing you believe in" -- that seems so obviously directed to his ex about her new beau. Who is the "his" and who is the "your" otherwise?

''He'' may be God and ''your'' may be the dead child.

that's a stretch.

It's one of two ways I always interpreted the song (and, BTW, not based on that isolated lyric, but based on the lyrics overall). I don't think it's a stretch. As I say, I wasn't trying to hear the song that way, I just did. Now, admittedly, the fact that I'm the father of a then-two or three year old girl (I can't recall when I first heard the song) may have something to do with how I heard it, but -- like many, if not most, people -- I often hear and understand lyrics in the context of their own life, experience, hopes and fears.

Sorry, ''in the context of my own life, experience, hopes and fears,'' is what I meant to say.

Damn typos.

perfect album for a miserable dreary ny afternoon in april

totally. you know what this record is not good for? driving. my wife and i were listening to it in the car, and something about the mix makes it just sound like scratching on guitar strings and muttering, no matter what volume. this might be a problem with our soundsystem/loud car, though.

^ haha. This album is great, but way too sleepy to be heard while driving.

the new album is way underrated

man, i just cannot get into it

It really is great.

im still struggling with it too.

new ep is very pleasant

Only heard the one song with Fiona Apple so far, which I really liked, but it's a full album, no?

yep sorry x

No problem, wondered if maybe there was something else recently too!