Sam Beam and his musical vehicle, Iron & Wine, threw listeners a curve ball with 2007's, The Shepherd's Dog. Beam left his soft and somber sound in the past and brought a more focused songwriting on top of curious percussion and bouncing guitars. It was regarded as his best album yet---until now. Kiss Each Other Clean takes off from where The Shepherd's Dog ended, this time, with intense songwriting that's a bit clearer...a bit less cryptic. The album's first single, Walking Far From Home, is a gem of a track, with lines like "I saw lovers in a window whisper want me like time, want me like time" but the track that stands above the rest (and they're all good) is Rabbit Will Run. Beam's voice seeps out from behind all the balanced, beautiful noise that he's created. Beam is one of the elite songwriters out there today and his musical voyage continues to lead listeners in new and challenging directions.
Rabbit Will Run
it saves.
