{"product_id":"light-verse-clear-w-blue-swirl-vinyl-by-iron-wine","title":"Light Verse (Clear w\/Blue Swirl Vinyl) - By:Iron \u0026 Wine","description":"\u003cp\u003eLight Verse is the first full-length Iron \u0026amp; Wine release in over seven years and follows his two Grammy-nominated releases, 2017’s Beast Epic and 2018’s Weed Garden EP.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nWith Light Verse, Beam’s lyrics once again draw on a series of fictional and personal insights, filled with desperate characters and wide-eyed optimists, offering promise and a dose of heartache, tears and laughter, life and love. It’s also Iron \u0026amp; Wine’s most playful record, with its title reflecting how the songs were born with joy after the heaviness and anxiety of the pandemic. Where Beast Epic and Weed Garden gave air to the disquiet of middle-aged frailty and brokenness, Light Verse’s songs trade that for the focus acceptance can bring. Moment by moment, they delight in being pointed or silly (or both) and attempt beauty over prettiness.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nLight Verse musically was shaped by a cast of deep players who brought their own stamp of authenticity to Beam’s vision. Joining were Tyler Chester (keyboards), Sebastian Steinberg (bass), David Garza (guitar), Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, Kyle Crane (all drums\/percussion) and Paul Cartwright (strings). A 24-piece orchestra makes an appearance over four tracks and Fiona Apple lent her voice - that miracle that sounds like both a sacrifice and a weapon at the same time - to a duet called “All In Good Time.”\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nFashioned as an album that should be taken as a whole, Light Verse sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake. Track by track, its equal parts elegy, kaleidoscope, truth and dare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Reflecting on that time, Beam notes: \u003cbr\u003e\n“I feel blessed and grateful that I and most of my friends and family made it through the pandemic relatively unscathed compared to so many others, but it completely paralyzed the songwriter in me. The last thing I wanted to write about was COVID, and yet every moment I sat with my pen, it lingered around the edges and wouldn’t leave. This lasted for over two years.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eLabel\u003cbr\u003e\nSub Pop\u003cbr\u003e\nGenre\u003cbr\u003e\nAlternative  LP\u003cbr\u003e\nYou Never Know\u003cbr\u003e\nAnyone's Game\u003cbr\u003e\nAll in Good Time\u003cbr\u003e\nCutting It Close\u003cbr\u003e\nTaken by Surprise\u003cbr\u003e\nYellow Jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nSweet Talk\u003cbr\u003e\nTears that Don't Matter\u003cbr\u003e\nBag of Cats\u003cbr\u003e\nAngels Go Home\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RHYTHM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50010795671745,"sku":"SP1615X","price":61.96,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/6482\/1953\/files\/439251-Product-0-I-638917027332527571_e09f999d-515c-4584-918e-b5cccce772cd.jpg?v=1771978506","url":"https:\/\/techsupplyshed.co.nz\/products\/light-verse-clear-w-blue-swirl-vinyl-by-iron-wine","provider":"TECH SUPPLY SHED","version":"1.0","type":"link"}