Iron & Wine and Calexico Reteam for 'Years to Burn' Album

They've also shared the new song "Father Mountain" and mapped out a joint tour

BY Sarah MurphyPublished Mar 21, 2019

Iron & Wine and Calexico have joined forces once again to release a collaborative album. Dubbed Years to Burn, it's due out June 14 via Sub Pop. What's more, they have announced a joint tour.
 
Iron & Wine's Sam Beam and Calexico's Joey Burns and John Convertino previously teamed up for a 2005 EP title In the Reins and toured extensively together, but it wasn't until last year that their schedules finally allowed them to record together once again.
 
Years to Burn was recorded in Nashville with producer Matt Ross-Spang over the course of five days.
 
While Beam previously wrote all the songs on In the Reins, the new album hears contributions from Burns, Convertino and their fellow musicians Jacob Valenzuela, Paul Niehaus, Rob Burger and Sebastian Steinberg.
 
"Life is hard. Awesome. And scary as shit. But it can lift you up if you let it," Beam said in a statement. "These are the things Joey and I write about now. And the title can encapsulate a lot of things. Years to Burn could mean you're cocky, you've got it made. Or, our life is ours to burn, to be inspired. Or you're burned by life, brutalized. It's an ambiguous title, because life is complicated. Let's not talk like teenagers about love, desire, pain, 'cause we're not teenagers. And that's not a bad thing."

Burns added, "This project had to find the right time. We're all different people than we were in 2004, and music helps to bridge some of the gaps. For all the things going on in our world and in each of our lives, this connection, this friendship, this love that we have—this album is a vehicle for that bond. It's a chance to see where we're at, take stock and be there for our friends."

See the full tracklisting for Years to Burn below, and stream the first single "Father Mountain."

As for that tour, it includes several dates in the U.K. and Europe, as well as in North America this summer. For Canada, though, there is only one date: August 24 in Vancouver. You can see the full schedule below as well.
 
Years to Burn:
 
1. What Heaven's Left
2. Midnight Sun
3. Father Mountain
4. Outside El Paso
5. Follow The Water
6. The Bitter Suite (Pájaro / Evil Eye / Tennessee Train)
7. Years To Burn
8. In Your Own Time

Tour dates:

06/18 Saxapahaw, NC - River Ballroom

07/19 Lisbon, PT - Super Bock Super Rock

07/20 Arlesheim, CH - Stimmen Festival

07/22 Milano, It - LA Triennale Di Milano

07/23 Gardone Riviera, IT - Anfiteatro Del Vittoriale

07/24 Rome, IT - Villa Ada

07/25 Florence, IT - Cavea Del Nuovo Teatro Dell'opera

07/26 Monforte D'alba, IT - Auditorium Horszowski

07/28 Vienna, AT - Konzerthaus

07/29 Palma, ES - Auditorium De Palma De Mallorca

07/31 Hamburg, DE - Stadtpark

08/02 Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Folk Festival

08/03 Leuven, BE - M-idzommer Festival

08/04 Crozon, FR - Festival Du Bout Du Monde

08/16 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre

08/17 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre

08/21 Ogden, UT - Twilight Series At Ogden Amphitheater

08/22 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory

08/23 Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium

08/24 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre

09/22 North Adams, MA - Freshgrass Festival

11/05 Utrecht, NL - Trivolivrendenburg – Ronda

11/06 Luxembourg, LU - Den Atelier

11/07 Antwerp, BE - De Roma

11/09 Berlin, DE - Tempodrom

11/10 Linz, AT - Posthof

11/11 Munich, DE - Muffathalle

11/12 Budapest, HU - Müpa

11/14 Mannheim, DE - Musensaal Rosengarten

11/15 Cologne, DE - Palladium

11/16 Paris, FR - La Cigale

11/18 Edinburgh, UK - Usher Hall *

11/19 Liverpool, UK - Philharmonic Hall *

11/20 Manchester, UK - Bridgewater Hall *

11/21 Coventry, UK - Warwick Arts Centre *

11/23 London, UK - Royal Festival Hall *

11/24 Bexhill-on-sea, UK - De La Warr Pavillion *

* with Lisa O'neill


 

 

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