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Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
| Musicomh | | Since releasing his debut album The Creek Drank The Cradle in 2002, Texan resident Sam Beam's Iron And Wine has moved gradually beyond lo-fi bedroom recordings of a solo nature to a fuller, more collaborative sound. The bearded folkie's work with Calexico, 2005's In The Reins EP, confirmed the shift away from stripped-down material....full text |
| | Pitchforkmedia | | Sam Beam's first two full-lengths under the name Iron & Wine were bare-bones, hushed affairs full of rich imagery, whispery falsettos, rhythmic finger-picking, and not much else. In the time since, Beam has gradually moved in other directions, expanding his palette on both the excellent Woman King EP-- which featured more percussion and fleshed-out arrangements-- and 2005's full-band collaboration with Calexico, In the Reins....full text |
| | livedaily | Building on the bones of 2005's rhythmic "Woman King" EP, Iron & Wine [ tickets ]'s new release, "The Shepherd's Dog," finds Sam Beam and company extending the experimental mood and instrumentation over the course of an entire album.
In doing so, Beam recaptures the originality and intimacy that sparked a thousand copycat acts following his first two watershed releases....full text |
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