Light Verse [CD]

Light Verse arrives April 26th, and it's Iron & Wine's seventh full-length overall and fifth for Sub Pop Records. Fashioned as an album that should be taken as a whole, it sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake. Track by track, it's equal parts elegy, kaleidoscope, truth, and dare. Light Verse was recorded with engineer and mixer Dave Way at his studio Waystation high up in Laurel Canyon (with an additional session at Silent Zoo Studio with a 24-piece orchestra), with a host of talented musicians joining Beam: Tyler Chester, Sebastian Steinberg, David Garza, Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, Kyle Crane, and Paul Cartwright. And, Fiona Apple joined Beam on vocals for the duet "All In Good Time." Packaging: Gatefold altpack with custom dust sleeve. Tracks1 You Never Know2 Anyone's Game3 All in Good Time4 Cutting It Close5 Taken By Surprise6 Yellow Jacket7 Sweet Talk8 Tears That Don't Matter9 Bag of Cats10 Angels Go Home