Iron And Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days Artist_Plunky

Iron And Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days Artist_PlunkySam Beam, aka Iron & Wine, released Our Endless Numbered Days, his second in March of 2004. It followed his hushed, literate, intimate, melodic, 2002 debut album, The Creek Drank the Cradle, a quiet treasure which, with its unaffected candor and depth, found fans all over. Our Endless Numbered Days was recorded both at Sams Miami home and in Chicagos Engine Studios with Brian Deck (Red Red Meat, Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova, etc.) On it, Sam is aided

There are the struggles of depression

he mixes original compositions with electronic versions of symphonic classics to striking effect

Built on the same volatile energy that’s made KKB’s live shows famously mosh-heavy

“Distractions” is an album of subtle realignments and connections from a restless

The sessions that birthed it were in fact so fruitful that a second LP took shape during the creation of the first one

girl-group warmth and infectious pop hooksmanship

Melissa Uye-Parker

bringing five songs to the session

It’s a soulful psychedelic journey that picks up sonically where “A Song For Paul” left off

As a trumpeter in the Fifties

That choice makes a lot of sense for Baker’s voice

Odes to youth are sprinkled throughout the album