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░ ▓████▓▌ ░ Artist.......: Iron and Wine and Calexico ▐▓▀▀
▓ ▐█████▓█ Album........: In the Reins ▀ ░
▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Genre........: Indie ░▓ ▌
▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Language.....: English ░▓░▐▓
▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Touch and Go ░▓░ █▓▌
▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: TG290 ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓
▓█▓▌ URL..........: ironandwine.com and casadecalexico.c ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░
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░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ playtime....: 27:45 min ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░
░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ rip.date....: 28-08-2005 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░
▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ str.date....: 00-09-2005 ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌
▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ripper......: JustFunCrew ░▓░ █▀ ░░▓▓▓ ▀▓
░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ grabber.....: EAC V0.95 prebeta 4 ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀
▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ encoder.....: LAME version 3.90.3 ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░
░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ size........: 37,6 MB ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░
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▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀
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▓████▓▌ 01. He Lays in the Reins 03:44 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 02. Prison on Route 41 04:11 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 03. History of Lovers 03:10 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 04. Red Dust 03:31 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 05. 16, Maybe Less 04:49 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 06. Burn that Broken Bed 05:06 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ 07. Dead Man's Will 03:14 ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Matchmaking is dangerous business. Many of us have, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ at one time or another, tried to link those two ▓▌
▓████▓▌ friends who are "just perfect for one another," and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ended up with a huge explosion on our hands. Or ▓▌
▓████▓▌ worse, no fireworks at all. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Suppose, though, you are Howard Greynolds, owner of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Overcoat Records, and you have friends who are as ▓▌
▓████▓▌ talented as the dusty Tucson-based band Calexico ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and Iron and Wine songwriter Sam Beam. You must ▓▌
▓████▓▌ look at matchmaking as a slightly less risky ▓▌
▓████▓▌ prospect. In The Reins, the seven-song EP for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Overcoat that resulted when Greynolds encouraged ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the two bands to meet up, reads like a wedding ▓▌
▓████▓▌ invitation: this is what happens when like-minded ▓▌
▓████▓▌ souls merge brainpower, share a collective moment ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of romance and allow it to blossom into a deep and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ meaningful relationship. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ ▓▌
▓████▓▌ The idea originated three years ago when Greynolds ▓▌
▓████▓▌ - who engineered a similar collaboration between ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Tortoise and Will Oldham - suggested that Calexico ▓▌
▓████▓▌ serve as the backing band for Iron and WineÆs 2002 ▓▌
▓████▓▌ debut, The Creek Drank the Cradle. When CalexicoÆs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ hectic touring schedule and BeamÆs family ▓▌
▓████▓▌ obligations didnÆt align, he entreated Beam to send ▓▌
▓████▓▌ a collection of unreleased demos to Calexico world ▓▌
▓████▓▌ headquarters in Arizona. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Calexico received the recordings, and bandleaders ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino set to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tinkering. Originally, they planned to add to the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ demos, but in December of 2004, Beam traveled to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Wavelab Studios in Tuscon and spent three days ▓▌
▓████▓▌ recording. Calexico pedal/lap steel player Paul ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Niehaus, trumpeters Martin Wenk and Jacob ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Valenzuela and upright bassist Volker Zander joined ▓▌
▓████▓▌ them in the studio, as well as Wavelab engineers ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Nick Luca and Craig Schumacher, and vocalist ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Natalie Wyants. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Despite the large number of players, the recording ▓▌
▓████▓▌ process moved easily. "CalexicoÆs done a lot of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ collaborations, so weÆre always watching someone ▓▌
▓████▓▌ else steer the boat," says Calexico frontman Joey ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Burns, from a hotel room in Ottawa, where the band ▓▌
▓████▓▌ is playing a blues festival. "But Sam was really ▓▌
▓████▓▌ easy to follow. HeÆs a good listener and heÆs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ always right there with you." ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Beam admits that the process of building a song in ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the studio was foreign and exciting. His records, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ including 2004Æs Our Endless Numbered Days, had ▓▌
▓████▓▌ been crafted without much tracking and mostly so ▓▌
▓████▓▌ that he wouldnÆt forget the songs. "Recording at ▓▌
▓████▓▌ home or in the studio, you just come up with a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ version that works," he says via cell phone. "I put ▓▌
▓████▓▌ most of the work in before the recording process. ▓▌
▓████▓▌ It was freeing to be able to just throw out an idea ▓▌
▓████▓▌ and have someone burst out with it." ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Though Burns denies that there was any deliberate ▓▌
▓████▓▌ attempt to blend each bandÆs regional influence, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ CalexicoÆs dusty southwestern sprawl merges ▓▌
▓████▓▌ seamlessly with Iron and WineÆs dense Southern ▓▌
▓████▓▌ delta blues and Appalachian folk dirges. BeamÆs ▓▌
▓████▓▌ tight, finger-picked guitar lines slacken and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ expand, and Burns and Convertino use those tiny ▓▌
▓████▓▌ openings to wedge in serpentine guitar melodies and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ complex rhythms. Convertino punches through the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ haze by using banded brushes on his drums, and they ▓▌
▓████▓▌ bring a spiky urgency to what might otherwise be ▓▌
▓████▓▌ just layers of atmospherics. The songs congeal ▓▌
▓████▓▌ around beats and roll forward like a drunk, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ stumbling home through the desert. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ "Sam wanted to make [the songs] as different as ▓▌
▓████▓▌ possible," says Burns. "During the mixing stage, ▓▌
▓████▓▌ John and I were thinking of keeping some of the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ parts minimal, and Sam said, æNo, letÆs make it ▓▌
▓████▓▌ stand out from either one of our records.Æ" ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Indeed, Reins is peppered with elements that might ▓▌
▓████▓▌ sound out-of-place on a solo record from either ▓▌
▓████▓▌ band. The sweeping title track sets the operatic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ vocals of Tucson mariachi singer Salvador Duran ▓▌
▓████▓▌ against BeamÆs gentle whisper. ("SalvadorÆs our own ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Pavarotti," Burns jokes.) DuranÆs melodramatic ▓▌
▓████▓▌ burst serves as the comic foil, adding a vent for ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the songÆs pent up emotion. On the elegant "History ▓▌
▓████▓▌ of Lovers," Beam adds a pulsing blues guitar riff ▓▌
▓████▓▌ that tethers down CalexicoÆs chorus of trumpets and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ curls of steel guitar. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ Both Burns and Beam insist that the relationship is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ just beginning. Calexico and Iron and Wine have a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ touring spectacle planned this fall to support the ▓▌
▓████▓▌ record. Both bands will play full sets, joining ▓▌
▓████▓▌ each other for a collaborative set at the end of ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the evening. TheyÆll be inviting regional guest ▓▌
▓████▓▌ stars, and, if all goes as planned, spoken word ▓▌
▓████▓▌ performers and other assorted artists. Beam is ▓▌
▓████▓▌ hoping to bring Duran, and to have him perform a ▓▌
▓████▓▌ set of his rhythmic mariachi music. ▓▌
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▓████▓▌ "The record is the iceberg," Burns concludes, and ▓▌
▓████▓▌ Beam concurs. "We all decided it would be fun to ▓▌
▓████▓▌ create a party atmosphere," he adds. "This means ▓▌
▓████▓▌ the songs have the capacity to change." ▓▌
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