Weed Garden

Weed Garden serves as a small look into Iron & Wine’s creative output in between albums. Writer Sam Beam told GoldFlakePaint:

It’s kind of a clearing-the-closet release. These songs were either recorded during the same sessions, and didn’t make Beast Epic, or I was working on them at that time but didn’t quite get them finished. That’s why it’s called ‘Weed Garden’ – these song are those weeds!”

The decision to release an EP instead of a full length record came naturally, following similar releases such as Woman King and The Sea & The Rhythm:

I just really like short records. The more concise the better. I feel like people, myself included, have a shorter attention span now. So it’s nice to be able to stay concentrated. Anytime you have fewer things to absorb you observe it differently and listen to it differently. It’s a concentrated statement.”