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8.0
111871
8.0 |
musicOMH
Fans of either Calexico or Iron And Wine should be pleased with this full-length collaboration, which feels very much like a joining of two halves to make a larger, rather special whole
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8.0
111894
8.0 |
The Music
Warm, grand and deeply comforting
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8.0
111902
8.0 |
American Songwriter
Beam wrote most of these pretty melodies; on the almost pop-sounding “Follow The Water,” his rich voice evokes the pleasures and pains of life, love and loss with equal joy. But Burns’ and Convertino’s symphonic and jazz sensibilities share equal time
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8.0
111917
8.0 |
Mojo
Once again, Beam wrote most of the songs, but the imprint of both acts is pretty equal. Print edition only
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8.0
111968
8.0 |
The Skinny
Calexico and Iron & Wine's second collaborative effort, Years to Burn, establishes itself as something more than just two different artists working together
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8.0
111974
8.0 |
All Music
The whole record is a testament to the skills of everyone involved as writers, singers, players, and arrangers, an upgrade on In the Reins, and exactly what fans of both bands would hope for in a collaboration
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8.0
112063
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Years to Burn feels like the payoff of a musical social experiment
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7.9
111904
7.9 |
Paste Magazine
Years to Burn distills the qualities that distinguish Calexico and Iron & Wine as individual artists. If it’s another 14 until we get to hear them play once more, it’ll be a sin against their talents
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7.4
112000
7.4 |
Pitchfork
It took more than a decade to follow up In the Reins, but its successor reveals musicians who’ve learned to corral swarms of instruments and styles into a newly complex sound
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7.0
112079
7.0 |
PopMatters
Finally collaborating on a full-length, Calexico and Iron & Wine create an album as rewarding as it is natural with Years to Burn
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7.0
112370
7.0 |
Under The Radar
There are some moments of sublime and almost magic tenderness here
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7.0
111916
7.0 |
Uncut
It's all deftly constructed and beautifully realised
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7.0
111897
7.0 |
Exclaim
Years to Burn is a beautiful sounding recording and for fans of Calexico and Iron & Wine's initial collaborative release, this is a nice treat after all these years. But ultimately, Years to Burn doesn't have the same spark that In the Reins did
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6.0
111886
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Making 'Years to Burn' offered a chance to revisit musical comfort zones
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6.0
111911
6.0 |
Q
At times, it's too mellow. Print edition only
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6.0
111942
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
There are flashes of great folk songwriting in most of these tracks, but something’s lost now they’re free from pressure with nothing to prove
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