{"product_id":"archive-series-volume-no-5-tallahassee-recordings","title":"Archive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchive Series Volume No. 5: Tallahassee\u003c\/i\u003e is the lost-in-time debut album from Iron and Wine. A\u003cbr\u003ecollection of songs recorded three years prior to his official Sub Pop debut,\u003ci\u003e The Creek Drank the\u003cbr\u003eCradle \u003c\/i\u003e(2002). A period before the concept of Iron and Wine existed and principal songwriter Sam\u003cbr\u003eBeam was studying at Florida State University with the intent of pursuing a career in film.\u003cbr\u003eTallahassee documents the very first steps on a journey that would lead to a career as one of\u003cbr\u003eAmerica’s most original and distinctive singer-songwriters. \u003ci\u003eCreek\u003c\/i\u003e arrived like a thief in the night\u003cbr\u003ewith its lo-fi, hushed vocals and intimate nature, while almost inversely \u003ci\u003eTallahassee\u003c\/i\u003e comes with a\u003cbr\u003estrange sense of confidence. Perhaps an almost youthful discretion that likely comes from being\u003cbr\u003etoo young to know better and too naïve to give a shit. The recordings themselves are more\u003cbr\u003epolished than \u003ci\u003eCreek\u003c\/i\u003e and give a peak into what a studio version of that record might have offered\u003cbr\u003eup. \u003ci\u003eTallahassee\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded over the course of 1998-1999 when Beam and future bandmate EJ\u003cbr\u003eHolowicki moved into a house together. Beam had not been performing publicly, however he was\u003cbr\u003eknown for playing an original song or two in the early morning glow of a long night. Holowicki also\u003cbr\u003ein the film program and who would go onto a career as a sound designer at Skywalker Sound, had\u003cbr\u003ea mobile recording device and after some prodding convinced his friend to record these late-night\u003cbr\u003emeditations. Together they would record close to twenty-four songs, ideas and sketches, with EJ\u003cbr\u003eon bass and Sam on vocals, guitar, harmonica and drums. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recordings – all captured in the house where they lived – have a “live in the room” feel akin to say Neil Young’s \u003ci\u003eHarvest\u003c\/i\u003e or Nick Drake’s \u003ci\u003eFive Leaves Left,\u003c\/i\u003e rather than the homespun lo-fi 4-track home recording experiment taking place at the time. These recordings, minus one track, have never been made available and were instead left preserved on a hard drive for the last twenty years. The one track that floated out there, called “In Your Own Time” was shared without a title to childhood friend Ben Bridwell(Band of Horses) at some point. The song became known as the “Fuck Like A Dog” song and Ben shared it with more than a few folks during the golden era of mix cd’s. Two of those folks were\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Poneman from Sub Pop and journalist Mike McGonigal, who included it on his best\u003cbr\u003esongs of 2001 mix cd, passed out to friends and acquaintances. And for many that is where the\u003cbr\u003eIron and Wine story begins, until now…\u003ci\u003eTallahassee\u003c\/i\u003e is the foreword to your favorite book that you’ve\u003cbr\u003esomehow skipped over time and time again. It’s an alternative history mixed with some revisionist\u003cbr\u003ehistory told over the course of eleven songs. It’s also the debut record by Iron and Wine some\u003cbr\u003etwenty years after the fact.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Yellow | LP","offer_id":50448222650699,"sku":"1118410","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tape","offer_id":50448221241675,"sku":"1118411","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448218915147,"sku":"1118407","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50448222060875,"sku":"1118409","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b2df5606-1a47-4943-8b4d-0700381cce48_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727087992","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/archive-series-volume-no-5-tallahassee-recordings","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}