Iron & Wine - "The Trapeze Swinger (Live)"

I've got another one from Iron & Wine for you today. This one closed out a stellar set on Austin City Limits, which you should really check out if you enjoy this one. By the way, the background singer to Sam's right is his sister, Sarah Beam. Enjoy!

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!