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Years to Burn

Calexico & Iron & Wine - Years to Burn
Critic Score
Based on 16 reviews
2019 Ratings: #493 / 805
User Score
Based on 60 ratings
Liked by 2 people
June 14, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
Sub Pop / Label
Americana / Genre
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KingIsCole10
72

Iron & Wine and Calexico's collaboration album is really pleasant to listen to and the production is pretty strong. Real problem with the album is I feel it lacks some of the emotion you usually get from an Iron & Wine album. Also aren't really any stand out tracks here. My favorite tracks are What Heaven's Left, Follow the Water and Years to Burn.

52

The lush instruments are overshadowed by how sleepy and generic the songwriting is.

Fav Tracks: What Heaven's Left, Follow The Water, The Bitter Suite (Pájaro/ Evil Eye / Tennessee Train)

Worst Track: Midnight Sun

Light 5 (52/100, 5/10)

treeskin
90

This album picks up almost exactly where the two bands' 2005 EP "In The Rains" ended. Sam Beam has not sounded like this vocally since The Shepherd's Dog. It's a very familiar sounding record that will please fans of the first EP and early Iron & Wine. Besides the nostalgia, the listen is refreshing and I was pleasantly surprised by the content of this LP. It will make the year end list for sure.

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patton, domvic, anztec, Glitchy, OPENblinds


Added on: March 21, 2019