Disc of the day
Meic Stevens - Outlander
The Welsh Psych Dylan, as recommended by Super Furry Animals…
Features Disc of the day
Iron And Wine
The Shepherd's Dog
(Transgressive/Sub Pop, 2007)
Sam Beam’s Sandinista! moment. Only really good.
Proving that his vision reaches far beyond the restrained, intimate folk we’ve come to expect from an Iron & Wine album, Sam Beam’s third full-length recording brings to bear the experimental bent first glimpsed on the 2005 EP, Woman King. No longer an insular singer-songwriter, Beam’s palette (and band) has expanded to embrace tablas, sitar, slide guitar, pedal steel (courtesy of Lambchop’s Paul Neihaus - a clue to his inspiration?) Afro-pop’s hypnotic, rolling guitars and even dub reggae’s shimmering distortion on the discomforting title track. Beam’s velvet voice draws the listener into his opaque, southern gothic tales where jealous sisters sing on his grave, and a wife’s finger never wanted a ring. As we like to say around these parts, it’s brave and interesting, but also quite brilliant. Apparently he’s now working on a prog rock opera with Tim Rutili from Califone. On this evidence, that’s something to look forward to.
Jenny Bulley
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/04/2008
Further Listening
The Clash – Sandinista! (Sony)
Wilco – A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
Iron & Wine – Woman King (Subpop)
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