Woman King - EP
Iron & Wine
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woman King | Iron & Wine | 4:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Jezebel | Iron & Wine | 5:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Gray Stables | Iron & Wine | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Freedom Hangs Like Heaven | Iron & Wine | 4:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | My Lady's House | Iron & Wine | 3:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Evening On the Ground (Lilith's Song) | Iron & Wine | 3:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 6 Songs |
Album Review
Anyone still hoping that Sam Beam and Iron & Wine would ever go back to the lo-fi sound of their first album might as well give up on that pipe dream. On the 2005 EP Woman King, Iron & Wine's sound is more produced and varied than ever. The record's arrangements are overflowing with a wealth of percussion, vocal harmonies, banjos, violins, and pianos. Beam's vocals, while always a thing of beauty, sound more assured and powerful than ever. Iron & Wine sound like a real band; if you heard them in a big-budget Hollywood film you wouldn't even flinch. The widening and smoothing of the band's approach does Beam's songs great favors. While his songwriting is as emotionally direct and haunting as ever (no amount of studio sheen could change that), this EP never feels insular, as his previous albums sometimes did. It sounds widescreen and universal. Woman King is too short to be considered the high point of Iron & Wine's career — it certainly points in that direction, though.
Recent Customer Reviews
discovered on Pandora
by alexjFI was listening to Pandora - to a station linked to Bon Iver and every time I really liked a song I checked who it was and it turned out to be Iron and Wine -- Jezebel, Gray Stables, My Lady's House -- really peaceful and moving songs.
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by clarifyFreedom Hangs Like Heaven is a great song, one of the best I've heard yet. If you like Iron & Wine this EP is definitely worth your money.
Woman King takes the crown
by B W MacDonaldI have to admit I am one of the newest fans of Iron & Wine. But I was hooked instantly with the rich, deep, and soothing harmonics of voice, string, and percussion. The quiet and reverent tone of each track adds a degree of seriousness and urgency to the whole album. Listening to Woman King is like getting a bear hug of sound to the ears. The perfectly blended vocals of siblings Sam and Sara Beam will leave you wanting more. The percussion and acoustic guitars unexpectedly grab at your attention with each folk-like measure. The addition of piano and banjo parts testifies to Iron & Wine's fearlessness to chart a familiar but less-traveled territory of sound.
Biography
Born: Columbia, SC
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s
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- $5.94
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Rock, Singer/Songwriter
- Released: Feb 22, 2005
- ℗ 2005 Sub Pop
