Iron And Wine
Kiss Each Other Clean
The long-awaited follow-up to Iron And Wine’s acoustic lo-fi classic, The Shepherd’s Dog, Kiss Each Other Clean takes Samuel Beam’s sound in yet another intriguing direction. This is both more ambitious and yet more accessible than previous Iron And Wine albums. The overall theme is mid-70s mid-western psyche-rock (‘Half Moon’ being the best example), but the album also has odd tinges of nu-folk, modern electronica, and 80s synths. Lots of emphasis is placed on the bass guitar (see, for example, ‘Me And Lazarus’), but the real star of the album is Beam’s voice (which has always been strong but which really excels here). The standout track is the quirky ‘Monkeys Uptown’, featuring some quality xylophone action and a tin guitar solo. Probably not as objectively strong as The Shepherd’s Dog, I think I have actually played this more – certainly there is much more variety on Kiss Each Other Clean. A quality record from another ‘proper’ artist.
Kiss Each Other Clean
The long-awaited follow-up to Iron And Wine’s acoustic lo-fi classic, The Shepherd’s Dog, Kiss Each Other Clean takes Samuel Beam’s sound in yet another intriguing direction. This is both more ambitious and yet more accessible than previous Iron And Wine albums. The overall theme is mid-70s mid-western psyche-rock (‘Half Moon’ being the best example), but the album also has odd tinges of nu-folk, modern electronica, and 80s synths. Lots of emphasis is placed on the bass guitar (see, for example, ‘Me And Lazarus’), but the real star of the album is Beam’s voice (which has always been strong but which really excels here). The standout track is the quirky ‘Monkeys Uptown’, featuring some quality xylophone action and a tin guitar solo. Probably not as objectively strong as The Shepherd’s Dog, I think I have actually played this more – certainly there is much more variety on Kiss Each Other Clean. A quality record from another ‘proper’ artist.
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