When Calexico and Iron and Wine collaborated on the 2005 In the Reins EP, it felt a very natural fit, and it seemed inevitable that future collaborations would happen, the only real surprise is that it has taken so long for a full length album.
But now a follow up is announced – we’ve already heard Father Mountain, and now the new album is preceded by the track “Midnight Sun” –
Combining the desert music of Calexico with the folk tales of Iron and Wine gives a slow-burning folk rock epic steeped in magical realism, where we meet the king of birds, and a woman with a guillotine smile, amongst other strangeness.
The album Years to Burn is out on June 14th.
And there’s a European tour as well, including festival appearances (and a slot at Cambridge) – the dates are –
Jul 19 Lisbon, Super Bock Super Rock
Jul 20 Arlesheim, Stimmen Festival
Jul 22 Milano, La Triennale di Milano
Jul 23 Gardone Riviera, Anfiteatro del Vittoriale
Jul 24 Rome, Villa Ada
Jul 25 Florence, Cavea del Nuovo Teatro dell’opera
Jul 26 Monforte D’alba, Auditorium Horszowski
Jul 28 Vienna, Konzerthaus
Jul 29 Palma, Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca
Jul 31 Hamburg, Stadtpark
Aug 02 Cambridge, Cambridge Folk Festival
Aug 03 Leuven, M-idzommer Festival
Aug 04 Crozon, Festival Du Bout Du Monde
Nov 05 Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg
Nov 06 Grevenmacher, Den Atelier
Nov 07 Antwerpen, De Roma
Nov 09 Berlin, Tempodrom
Nov 10 Linz, Posthof
Nov 11 München, Muffathalle
Nov 12 Budapest, Mupa
Nov 14 Mannheim, Musensaal Rosengarten
Nov 15 Köln, Palladium
Nov 16 Paris, La Cigale
Nov 18 Edinburgh, Usher Hall
Nov 19 Liverpool, Liverpool Philharmonic
Nov 20 Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Nov 21 Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre
Nov 23 London, Royal Festival Hall
Nov 24 Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion
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