I'm pretty excited about both of these videos, but for different reasons. "Boy With A Coin" marks a really impressive high water mark for Iron and Wine, who I think have begun to own their sound without getting bogged down by the limitations of their breathy and fragile vocals. This is a notably progressive song to write within that framework and the video is just positive and beautiful.

The second video is a live performance of "Bag of Bones" by Owen. It's a great song; it's a decent video, but I'm still into it. Owen can be cartoonishly depressive at times and, unlike American Football, it can sometimes lack depth, which often appears with calculatingly somber melodies or angst-filled lyrics. But Mike Kinsella is amazingly talented and he often conveys that talent. Thus... video two.