Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean

I like it. I really do. Sam Beam has found the fuzz bass and the whah-whah pedal and it is good. This is a pretty solid album. A good mix of the classic Iron and Wine folksy sound with some late 60's early 70's space rock. Another enjoyable aspect of this album is the vocals. It appears that Beam is more confident in his voice and they decided to turn up the vocal knob. With each album they put out, they get more experimental and it is working. I really liked Shepherd's Dog and this is just building off of that album. Often when artists get away from what made them popular it doesn't work, but Beam appears to take his time and make quality work, not just quantity. And honestly he couldn't really keep doing what made him popular, it would have gotten stale. Don't get me wrong, I hope he eventually makes another hushed bare bones album, but as long as he keeps putting out good material I can wait.