Calexico announce 20th anniversary reissue of Feast of Wire
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Calexico‘s 2003 album Feast of Wire. And for the occasion, the alt-country group will be releasing a 20th anniversary edition of the album via Quarterstick. The new edition of the album will be out on May 26, featuring the original album on 2xLP 45 RPM vinyl, with their cover of Love’s “Alone Again Or” added as a bonus track.
It also features a live bonus album, More Cowboys in Sweden: Live at China Theater in Stockholm, 2003. Check out a live recording of “Black Heart” below, as well as the tracklist, and the group’s upcoming tour dates.
Calexico’s Joey Burns said in a press release, “I’m reminded of how much time and space we had in the studio to try out all sorts of ideas. Most of the recordings started like they often do with John on drums and myself on guitar. And as we brought in the other band members it was like a river was flooding through our subconsciousness and we couldn’t get the ideas to analog tape fast enough.“
Calexico’s “Quattro (World Drifts In)” is featured on our list, A History of Alt-Country in 40 Essential Tracks.
Calexico Feast of Wire (20th Anniversary) tracklist:
1. Sunken Waltz
2. Quattro (World Drifts In)
3. Stucco
4. Black Heart
5. Pepita
6. Not Even Stevie Nicks…
7. Close Behind
8. Woven Birds
9. The Book And The Canal
10. Attack El Robot! Attack!
11. Across The Wire
12. Dub Latina
13. Güero Canelo
14.. Alone Again Or (Bonus Track)
15. Whipping The Horse’s Eyes
16. Crumble
17. No Doze
More Cowboys in Sweden (Live at China Theatre Stockholm) tracklist:
18. Pepita
19. Across the Wire
20. Quattro
21. Dub Latina
22. Sunken Waltz
23. Not even Stevie Nicks
24. Woven Birds
25. Güero Canelo
26. Black Heart
27. Alone Again Or
Calexico tour dates:
31 Mar – Big Ears Festival, Knoxville TN
2 Apr – Mountain Stage, Charleston WV
5 May – Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino
9 Jun – STHLM Americana Festival, Stockholm SE
10 Jun – Malmo Americana, Malmo SE
11 Jun – Oslo Americana, Oslo NO
14 – 17 Jun – Bergenfest, Bergen NO
15 – 17 Jun – Azkena Rock Festival, Vitoria ES
16 – 18 Jun – Black Deer Festival, Turnbridge Wells UK
18 Jun – Openluchttheater Rivierenhof, Antwerpen DE *
20 Jun – Centralstation, Darmstadt DE *
21 Jun – Grote Zaal, Utrecht NL *
22 Jun – Serenadenhof Nurnberg, Nurnberg DE *
23 Jun – Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, DE *
24 Jun – Ulmer Zelt, Ulm DE *
25 Jun – Kulturzelt, Kassel DE *
17 Oct – Rockstore, Montpellier FR *
18 Oct – L‘Atabal, Biarritz FR *
19 Oct – La Sirene, La Rochelle FR *
21 Oct – La Trabendo, Paris FR *
22 Oct – La Laiterie, Strasbourg FR *
25 Oct – Volkstheater, Vienna AT *
27 Oct – Isarphilharmonie, Munich DE *
28 Oct – Theater Des Westens, Berlin DE *
29 Oct – Laeiszhalle, Hamburg DE *
30 Oct – Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne DE *
1 Nov – De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill UK *
2 N ov – Electric Ballroom, London UK *
3 Nov – The Fire Station, Sunderland UK *
4 Nov – New Century Hall, Manchester UK *
5 Nov – The Helix, Dublin IE *
* Performance of Feast of Wire in its entirety and more