Years to Burn

Calexico and Iron & Wine first made an artistic connection with In the Reins, the 2005 EP that brought Sam Beam, Joey Burns and John Convertino together. The acclaimed collaboration introduced both acts to wider audiences and broadened Beam’s artistic horizons, but it was the shared experience of touring together in the tradition of Bob Dylan’s “Rolling Thunder Revue” that cemented their bond. Their metaphorical roads diverged in the years that followed, but they kept in touch and cross-pollinated where they could. But although they often talked about rekindling their collaboration in the studio and on the stage, it wasn’t until last year that their schedules aligned.

In many ways, Karma to Burn is like a psycho ex-girlfriend: you know she's no good for you, but you still love her anyway…

The soaring vocals of Kelly Sundown Carpenter and the spontaneous combustion of the Michael Harris' spectacular licks are the most flagrant and symbolic factors of the DARKOLOGY sound, after five excruciatingly long years since their seminal debut album "Altered Reflections" nothing has changed and the precepts are numerous and all fulfilled in a perfect demonstration of the contemporary American Metal splendor…