{"product_id":"iron-and-wine-the-shepherds-dog-lp","title":"Iron And Wine – The Shepherd's Dog LP","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-product-template\" class=\"shopify-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Product\" id=\"ProductSection\" data-section-id=\"product-template\" data-section-type=\"product-template\" data-image-zoom-type=\"lightbox\" data-show-extra-tab=\"false\" data-extra-tab-content=\"\" data-enable-history-state=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid product-single__hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item post-large--one-half\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"offers\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Offer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.subpop.com\/artists\/iron_and_wine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.subpop.com\/artists\/iron_and_wine\"\u003eIron \u0026amp; Wine’s\u003c\/a\u003e release (not including the collaborative\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Reins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEP which featured songs by Iron and Wine’s Sam Beam and performances by both Iron and Wine and Calexico together) was 2005’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/megamart.subpop.com\/releases\/iron_and_wine\/woman_king\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWoman King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, a 6-song EP which distinguished itself from its predecessors with a deepening integration of spiraling, dense opuses with intimate confessionals. On\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shepherd’s Dog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethis integration is complete. Sam Beam has confessed to finding spiritual inspiration in Tom Waits’ pièce de résistance,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/em\u003e, an album with which Waits upended his previous strategies and forged a new musical language for himself. Recorded by Sam with the assistance of longtime producer Brian Deck and engineer Colin Studebaker,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shepherd’s Dog\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esucceeds in accomplishing a similar cathartic recasting of the artist’s intentions. The arrangements here are kaleidoscopic and rich. “White Tooth Man” rocks with a desperate, menacing intensity while \"Boy with a Coin,” the album’s first single, is darkly playful with a handclap hook tumbling under its cascading melody. The whole album breathes. Its seductive rhythms percolate and undulate, from the Psych-Bhangra-redux of “Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car” to the album’s last dance—a waltz—\"Flightless Bird, American Mouth.” Compositionally, it is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.ironandwine.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.subpop.com\/artists\/iron_and_wine\"\u003eIron and Wine’s\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emost ambitious and accomplished recording to date. It’s also the most satisfying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48582399623391,"sku":"29825563","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0312\/7630\/2471\/files\/3507_900x_d4598040-f8d2-4025-961a-773129022627.webp?v=1773268708","url":"https:\/\/www.feelitrecordshop.com\/products\/iron-and-wine-the-shepherds-dog-lp","provider":"Feel It Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}