Iron & Wine
Light Verse
75--90点相当
2000年代初頭では
毎回、評価の高いアルバムを出していたが、
最近は、一部からは高い評価があり、年末にはちょいちょいせんしゅつされているものの
リアルタイムの平均的には、及第点という感じの作品が続いていた。
新作の反応は、久々に高レスポンスという感じ。
The results became the 2024 album Light Verse, likely the lightest, most playful album in the I&W catalog. Beam recorded the basic tracks with a small band in a Laurel Canyon studio, then added string overdubs in a later session. This strategy gives the record both an intimate and wide-open feeling that melds perfectly with the lyrical approach that could be described as expansive introspection. It's not a million miles away from earlier I&W albums that added more orchestration to the band's usual template, but unlike them there is an airy, feather-light feel to the arrangements. Beam floats above it all as usual with his calmly majestic vocals, swooping over the sawed strings on the rambling opener "You Never Know," lightly stepping through "Cutting It Close," scraping up a little bit of angsty growl on "Tears That Don't Matter," and duetting nimbly with a suitably restrained Fiona Apple on "All in Good Time." He even proves on the surprisingly bubbly "Sweet Talk" that he's not a bad pop singer either.
SSWの Samuel Beam の 別名義
フィオナ・アップルがゲストvoの曲あり
通算7枚目、Sub Popからは5枚目
202404推し 準推し