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...Beam’s soothingly repetitive acoustic guitar licks and his wispy vocals affirm the record’s Iron & Wine identity. Woman King is laced with elegant subtlety, clever word play, powerful emotion and all the other goodies that pulled Beam so quickly from his basement recording studio into the indie limelight. The solidly composed title track, “Woman King,” abounds with precise rhythms and haunting poetry. In the singular lament, “My Lady’s House,” Beam taps into emotional wavelengths à la Nick Drake...
...refined aesthetic of Iron & Wine’s latest release, Woman King, is evident upon first glance. A perfectly square array of cheap porcelain thimbles comprises the cover art. They appear almost sacred in their arrangement and are imprinted with symbols, such as a house with a heart around it (perhaps a reference to the track “My Lady’s House”) and an image of Princess Diana with Prince Charles (perhaps calling attention to the theme of “woman king” and the general somber mood...
Other thimbles feature images of birds, trees and even the biblical ram; all metaphors characteristic of the distinctively earthy Iron & Wine sound. But perhaps the most powerful image is the perfectly ordinary brass thimble, which contrasts ironically with its showy partners. This is Sam Beam, the humble university professor-cum-indie-rockstar who records under the name Iron & Wine...
...victim of '90s color schemes, but she continues to craft her own fashions. She has recently taken to purchasing vintage skirts from thrift stores and embellishing them with images she has either photographed or created on her computer. She prints them on transfer paper and, with a household iron, customizes the skirts by applying the images to the fabric. "I love the creativity without the pressure of worrying about what's in style," she marvels. "I'm my own arbiter of what's fashionable...
...What Mettle! Shares in European steel producers were dented after two of the world's largest mining companies negotiated a 72% hike in iron ore prices with Japanese steel mills. The agreements were interpreted as a sign of broader increases to come in the cost of iron ore, a key component in steel production...