(4AD)
Iron and Wine's Sam Beam has come far from his softly spoken debut, The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002), that marked the bearded Southerner out as one of Will Oldham's progeny. Uncommonly, Beam's aural restlessness has gone hand in hand with increasing tunefulness. With new labels (4AD, Warners) have come even newer sounds. Kiss Each Other Clean builds upon the rhythmic acquisitions and band play of his last album, 2007's Shepherd's Dog. Trouble is, Beam's "focused pop record" has swapped mystery for slickness and sax licks, kissing clean his music of much of its grit. There remains much to admire here, but Beam's fusions ? the FM rock-meets-ethnographic filching of "Rabbit Will Run", say ? are buffed to a glaring sheen.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/23/iron-wine-kiss-each-other-review
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