Iron and Wine (real name: Samuel Beam) is a singer/songwriter out of Austin, Texas who released his first album in 2002. Since then he has released three other albums. His third album, The Shepherd's Dog, was released in 2007. The album sounds like a modernized hybrid of old fashioned rock and roll, folk, and country music with enough energy to go around.
The Shepherd's Dog hits the ground running with "Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car" and doesn't let up except for one or two breathers throughout the album. Beam's voice is soothing and easy to listen to without putting you to sleep and his compositions are complex enough to hold my attention throughout without becoming self-indulgent.
I frankly think it's impossible to not like this album. I highly recommend it.
Dude, we played this on our radio show. I know we did because I have it on my iTunes. You like them because you'd heard them before. You're right though - awesome album. Love song of the Buzzard or whatever is clearly the best.
ReplyDeleteI liked "Boy With A Coin", but the rest of it's Snoozeapalooza.
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