01 – Walking Far From Home
02 – Me And Lazarus
03 – Tree By The River
04 – Monkeys Uptown
05 – Half Moon
06 – Rabbit Will Run
07 – Godless Brother In Love
08 – Big Burned Hand
09 – Glad Man Singing
10 – Your Fake Name Is Good Enough For Me
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Iron & Wine is the stage and recording name of folk rock singer and composer Sam Beam (born July 26, 1974). He currently resides in Dripping Springs, Texas, outside Austin. He has released three studio albums, several EPs and singles, as well as a few download-only releases, which include a live album (a recording of his 2005 Bonnaroo performance). The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named “Beef Iron & Wine” that he found in a general store.
Yes, if you can believe it, Kiss Each Other Clean gets kind of funky. There’s a little in Me and Lazarus, a slow strut with velvety vocals, a wriggling bass line and a saxophone that sounds sheepish, at first, but slowly gains confidence as the song unfurls. Bird Burned Hand, on the other hand, is quite the jam, all ebullient brass and acid jazz keyboard squelches.
Still, cut away the instrumentation and there is a storytelling core to Iron & Wine that remains largely consistent. The opening Walking Far From Home roams far and wide, a panoramic journey that could almost have fit onto Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs, Beam singing of “a car crash in the country / Where the prayers run like weeds along the road”. Tree by the River, meanwhile, appears to be a nostalgic tale of lost love that looks back without anger. Beam’s songwriting retains a cryptic quality, but the feeling shines through, and however far Iron & Wine travels from its starting point, it still won’t feel far from home. (BBC MUSIC)
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