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
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