Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell will not only join Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam as a guest collaborator on the new Calexico record, as the pair have a new set of their own on tape: “We just did 12 songs in like 10 days,” Bridwell tells Paste. “His band’s incredible, and they just work so fast that I was so amazed and enthralled by them that I just kind of watched and sang when they asked me to.”
Meanwhile, Beam confirmed the project with Billboard, adding, “He and I grew up together, so we’ve been trying to find the time to do something together.”
Notably, the latter interview also features a stream of the excellent new Iron & Wine archival set, so be sure to give that a spin while we brace ourselves for this long-awaited team-up.