February 12th, 2009 4:08pm

Iron & Wine “Around the Well” Rarities/Singles Collection Due In May

The previously-mentioned Iron & Wine rarities collection has been officially announced. Around The Well is due for release on 5/19, and is a 2-CD/3-LP collection of tracks that spans the pre-Creek Drank the Cradle era all the way to 2007’s Shepherd’s Dog. A lot of the tracks are previously unreleased (“officially,” I mean– I seem to recall Soulseeking a bunch of stuff marked “Iron & Wine Demos” about 6 or 7 years ago), but there are also a lot of gem singles, covers, and other odds and sods, including the fantastic “Trapeze Swinger” (to which the entire 3rd LP is dedicated).

In conjunction with the release, I & W is doing a 5-city/10-show tour, with fans choosing the setlist in advance via voting on IronAndWine.Com.

Dates:
5/4: Seattle, Vera Project
5/5: Seattle, Triple Door
5/6: San Francisco, Swedish American Hall
5/7: San Francisco, Swedish American Hall
5/8: Los Angeles, Masonic Hall at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
5/9: Los Angeles, Troubadour
5/12: Chicago, Lakeshore Theatre
5/13: Chicago, Schuba’s
5/17: New York, Abrons Arts Center
5/18: New York, Abrons Arts Center

Tickets go on sale 2/20.

Normally, I consider “ALBUM TRACKLIST REVEALED” to be one of the most-useless things that music sites can post, but I gotta tell you, in this case, I think it actually serves a purpose– most people have some familiarity with many of these tracks:

Disc 1