Iron & Wine - Lovers' Revolution (2013) Album Title: Ghost on Ghost

Excuse the new thread, but I just heard the new song from the upcoming album and it's exceptional IMO. Loving this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XfJNzA0Z7xw

If he releases a whole album of this quality it could beat out Shepherd's Dog for me.

Thoughts? Anticipation?

sounds really great
one of the things about the shepherd's dog i really enjoyed was how it caught me by surprise, i was really expecting it to be a bit of a slog
i'm still hoping for another creek drank the cradle though

This sounds great. Beam seems to continue broadening his palette.

excellent!

def. looking forward to this one

i'll listen to this just for Brian Blade.

this is amazing!

the song? or you got a promo?

sorry, just the song. i'm hearing it tnite for the first time. this is so wild and i would've never predicted it but it makes perfect sense following kiss each other clean. also kinda reminds me of post 1976 joni in the best way

And when the world wore out their welcome they just booked up for a bag of grass
But when she cried on the grounds we were sucking all the laughing gas

I wasn't mad on all the brass sounds at first on KEOC but I grew to like them and if anything they work even better here. One track on KEOC that I slept on was Your Fake Name Is Good Enough For Me. Only realised how powerful it is the other night. Must be cos it's the last song on the album that I let it slip under the radar for so long.

http://www.service800inc.com/Portals/63116/images/leak1.jpg

It's great. Weirdly my least fave thing on it is the single(?), "Grace for Saints and Ramblers."

we should change the title of this thread to Ghost On Ghost. I reckon Lover's Revolution is the best thing on here personally, but then I&W albums always seem to take months to fully etch themselves into my consciousness. I hated the last album on first listen and now I love it. This album sounds like a good consolidation of Shepherd's Dog and Kiss Each Other Clean, honed to a sheen with the edges sanded off. The songwriting's impeccable but it's kind of missing something, I think.

Seen this posted in NPR's First Listen series. Haven't bothered yet. I never warmed to KEOC.

I had some trouble with KEOC as well. I seldom play it, apart from "Walking far from home", which I love. But this sounds pretty great on first listen. Simply stronger songs?

I love it, can't stop listening to the new album.

KEOC really did grow on me. I ended up playing it a lot on holiday and slowly but surely it became a favourite. 'Your Fake Name Is Good Enough' is one of his best songs.

"desert babbler" is an early fave for me

I'll go home and listen to KEOH again tonight. Maybe it'll finally open up..

ooh KEOC finally on spotify

i like how stoically his lyrics stick to his formula no matter how crazy the accompanying tracks get

i love how beautiful his voice is

Oh this is good...

as good as anything he's ever done imo. i can't stop listening to it.

i'm drunk + listening to this and "Sundown (Back in the Briars)" is like massaging my brain it feels so nice to listen to

yeah so this is really good. 'new mexico's no breeze' is on some really pretty jackson browne shit. and 'lovers revolution' is beyond good

hmmm, i gave this a go last night and was reallllllly not feeling it. i'll give it another go...i mean, i like jackson browne.

Not a fan of Jackson Browne, at least the one album of his I listened to (Late for the Sky). But I'm still going to check the know I&W out this week based on my love of his first three albums.

am not feeling this one at all

Funny how the Pfork take singles out "Lovers' Revolution" as disastrous when it's a clear fave of, at the very least, everyone on this thread.

it's the best song on there imho.

This is killing me tonight...soooo good...2013 turning out to be a very good vintage...

is this better than kiss each other clean? I hated that album.

Oooh...see I liked that album esp 'Your Fake Name'...not as overtly jazzy as that one...this one has a nice LA summer evening vibe...buyer beware I suppose

Man I am totally onboard with these last two albums, the AM gold shit just works so well.

Never cared for I&W in the past, but this is really nice. I heard Dessert Babbler on the radio on the way home and thought it was some lost 70s AM radio classic

Yeah, I dunno ... I really liked The Shepherd's Dog, thought it was the perfect place for him to go after all the hushed finger-picking, but the last couple have just seemed so airless.

I really want to like it, too! I'm listening to Kaputt right now, so I have nothing against the aesthetic he's going for, but it just never takes off for me.

haven't listened to this for quite a few months. wasn't that impressed at first, but it's much better on revisiting.

archive vol 1 is lovely

i'm really digging "sing into my mouth"

Me too but to my surprise all my favorites are the Ben Bridwell songs. Never spent any time with Band of Horses besides their big hit from a few years back.

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/02/480487877/sam-beam-jesca-hoop-tiny-desk-concert

i really like the album too i don't think we've discussed it much on ilm? he can't make bad music afaict