Iron & Wine - "My Lady's House"

How about a nice and mellow song for Wednesday? Iron & Wine is the stage name of one Samuel (not Jim) Beam. His stuff is usually fairly mellow like this. Most people have heard something of his before without realizing it: his remake of The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights" shows up in a number of places, most notably the Garden State soundtrack. Interestingly enough, most people have also heard at least a clip of The Postal Service's original song without realizing it, because the intro used to run underneath a number of UPS commercials with the "whiteboard guy". I bet they thought they were clever for that. I can imagine the conversation:

Boss: "We need a song for this commercial, any ideas?"
Unpaid intern: "Well, there's a band called The Postal Service"
Boss: "I love it. So clever, and edgy, too. What's that you say...they're not very good?"
Commercial guys: "Don't worry, we can edit out the sucking."
Boss: "Good. Because the pun is critical to our success."
Unpaid intern: "Wait, if you edit out the sucking, who's going to know it's The Postal Service and catch the joke?"
Commercial guys: "Mostly music nerds."
Boss: "Do they ship many packages?"
Commercial guys: "Ummm...sure."

Anyway, if you listen the original and then realize that Sam found enough of something in there to turn into something beautiful, he should probably gain a level of respect in your mind, if nothing else. None of that has anything to do with the song I'm posting today. This song showed up on a little six-song EP called "Woman King" that he put out back in 2005. I love the overall tone of the album, of which this song is fairly representative. So if you like the track, check out the EP as well. Enjoy!