IRON AND WINE - Beast Epic (Deluxe Edition) [Repress] - 2LP - Red and Blue Vinyl [NOV 22]

2LP - Limited Edition Red and Blue Vinyl with alternate artwork, two bonus tracks from the 'Beast Epic' recording sessions along with three home recorded demos, and an etching on side D.

Originally released in 2017, Beast Epic, Iron & Wine’s fourth album for Sub Pop, recasts soft power as a series of vignettes, observations and regular old songs that redeem through joy and a certain expectation of grace. Even the instant classic, “Bitter Truth", with a lyric as pained and direct as any I've heard from Iron & Wine, is leavened with background vocals recalling The Jordanaires. The album brims with surprise flourishes, classic touches and an appealing confidence that is evident on songs like “Call It Dreaming,” “Thomas County Law,” “About A Bruise” to the almost croony “Last Night.” Iron & Wine’s Beast Epic was written and produced by Sam Beam, and recorded and engineered by Tom Schick at the Loft in Chicago in July 2016 and January 2017.

The musicians who played on Beast Epic include longtime Iron & Wine collaborators Robert Burger (keys), Joe Adamik (percussion), and Jim Becker (guitar, banjo, violin, mandolin), along with bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing and Fiona Apple), and Chicagoan Teddy Rankin Parker (cello). Beast Epic was mastered by Richard Dodd in Nashville, Tennessee. *The term "soft power" was cribbed from author and Harvard professor Joseph Nye, but used in a different context. 

Tracklist: 

A1        Claim Your Ghost
A2        Thomas County Law
A3        Bitter Truth
A4        Song In Stone
A5        Summer Clouds
A6        Call It Dreaming

B1        About A Bruise
B2        Last Night
B3        Right For Sky
B4        The Truest Stars We Know
B5        Our Light Miles

C1        Hearts Walk Anywhere
C2        Kicking The Old Rain
C3        About A Bruise (Demo)
C4        Claim Your Ghost (Demo)
C5        Summer Clouds (Demo)

Side D contains etching (no music)