Iron and Wine: The Shepherd's Dog preview
0 Comments Published by Kate on Thursday at 7/19/2007 02:13:00 PM.With most of the Shepherd's Dog sitting on my computer and the Boy with a Coin single in my hand, I wonder where those obsessions have gone. Are they still there hiding in Iron and Wine's music? I'm not sure.
What I can tell you is this: with the Shepherd's Dog, I get the sense that Sam Beam has metaphorically placed his voice and Iron & Wine's instrumentation on an anvil and hammered it to perfection. The sapless quality of the vocals is gone, and while I miss the prominence of the guitar and lo-fi feel of older Iron & Wine recordings, I think the change is for the better.
Iron & Wine - Boy with a Coin (single)
Iron & Wine - Resurrection Fern (The Shepherd's Dog)
Iron & Wine - Jesus the Mexican Boy
The Shepherd's Dog will be released on September 25th.
Buy the Boy with a Coin single from Insound
Iron & Wine tour dates - all of these are in the UK in October
Labels: Iron and Wine, upcoming
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