Iron and Wine - Around the Well [3LP/ Side 6 Etched]

Collecting songs ranging from out-of-print to never-before-released, Around the Well spans Iron & Wine’s earliest sessions which yielded the band’s debut (2002’s The Creek Drank the Cradle) through material recorded for 2007’s The Shepherd’s Dog. The double-disc Around the Well collection is broken up into two sections. The first half is an assortment of hushed home recordings, unedited and raw, and the second highlights moments captured in the confines of proper studios with the help of other musicians, friends and engineers. The album’s title comes from a line in the song “The Trapeze Swinger,” a fan favorite which was written for and included in the movie In Good Company. Three more songs written and recorded for the film finally make their appearance here as well: “Belated Promise Ring,” “God Made the Automobile” and “Homeward, These Shoes.” Around the Well also brings together hard-to-find covers such as The Flaming Lips’ “Waitin’ for a Superman” and New Order’s “Love Vigilantes,” along with one of Iron and Wine’s earliest originals, “Sacred Vision.”

A1 Dearest Forsaken
A2 Morning
A3 Loud As Hope
A4 Peng! 33
A5 Sacred Vision
A6 Friends They Are Jewels

B1 Hickory
B2 Waitin' For A Superman
B3 Swans And The Swimming
B4 Call Your Boys
B5 Such Great Heights

C1 Communion Cups & Someone's Coat
C2 Belated Promise Ring
C3 God Made The Automobile
C4 Homeward, These Shoes
C5 Love Vigilantes
C6 Sinning Hands

D1 No Moon
D2 Serpent Charmer
D3 Carried Home
D4 Kingdom Of The Animals
D5 Arms Of A Thief

E1 The Trapeze Swinger