okp greg Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 http://pitchfork.com/news/41118-iron-wine-to-debut-new-album-in-webcast/ Tonight, returning beard-folk heroes Iron & Wine will play a just-announced show at New York radio station WNYC's performance venue the Greene Space. NPR Music and WNYC willwebcast the show live. Starting at 8 p.m. eastern, you'll be able to watch the show from the comfort of your laptop at the websites of both NPR Music and the Greene Space.At the show, the band will play Kiss Each Other Clean, their new album, in its entirety. Kiss Each Other Clean is the band's first new album since 2007's The Shepherd's Dog, and it comes out January 25 via Warner Bros. in the U.S. and January 24 on 4AD internationally. You'll also be able to see Sam Beam's beard in all its splendor when the band performs on"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" tomorrow night. Should be interesting. I really liked the 3 songs on the Walking Far from Home single. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I am a big I&W fan, but I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about the new record. I appreciate when artists challenge themselves and not just recycle ideas. However, I really loved the spartan, stripped-down folk songs of Sam's earlier work. The "everything but the sink" approach is not quite working for me (stole that phrase from another fansite). I am gonna have to give this one some time; i doesn't grab me right off the bat... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 every new song I saw him play recently was stellar. I think the new album is going to be very strong. it's a great mix of instruments. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 With Ben Massarella, Joe Adamik and Jim Becker from Califone collaborating on this album, I don't see how it could be anything but masterful. Beam's songwriting is top notch. I was a bit underwhelmed by the broadcast the other night. Technical difficulties made it all but unwatchable. Kiss Each Other Clean might be my favorite album title so far this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okp greg Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 With Ben Massarella, Joe Adamik and Jim Becker from Califone collaborating on this album, I don't see how it could be anything but masterful. Beam's songwriting is top notch. I was a bit underwhelmed by the broadcast the other night. Technical difficulties made it all but unwatchable. Kiss Each Other Clean might be my favorite album title so far this year. You could download it as an mp3 from npr, the quality is much better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 i absolutely adore the 'Walking Far From Home' single (esp. one of the non-album tracks 'Biting Your Tail') and really like the leadoff track. I can't wait to hear the full record. i dig the electronic flourishes on a few of the new songs so far. i didn't bother w/ that webcast as i don't wanna hear the songs live first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 another new song 'Half Moon': http://www.npr.org/2011/01/11/132832151/sneak-previews-telekinesis-r-e-m-iron-and-wine-more and it's fucking stunning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I gotta download that live MP3 before it goes away. I like all of what I (sort of) heard on the live performance, and after hearing a couple of songs off the record, I'm liking this new album a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 It is really wonderful that Jim Becker has steady work in this band for the next two years. I know he is pleased too. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Daytrotter session posted today with 3 new songs. 'Glad Man Singing' is nearly bringing me to tears... good lord Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 yeah Sam Beam is really nailing it the past few years. Saw him in milwaukee a few months ago, solo (and two musicians at times) stunning great stuff. EDIT: Thanks Solace, just checked out the Daytrotter sessions, great as usual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 With Ben Massarella, Joe Adamik and Jim Becker from Califone collaborating on this album, I don't see how it could be anything but masterful. Beam's songwriting is top notch.. I spent the first ten minutes of the webcast trying to determine whether or not Leroy Bach was the keyboard player (it wasn't, but the guy certainly has Leroy's taste in hats), Beam picks incredible musicians as his backing band. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Kiss Each Other Clean has leaked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Kiss Each Other Clean has leaked.And it's awesome. Really liking it one listen through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 ditto. not as moved by this version of 'Glad Man Singing' as the solo one on Daytrotter, but still awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 And it's awesome. Really liking it one listen through. Yes it is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okp greg Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 ditto. not as moved by this version of 'Glad Man Singing' as the solo one on Daytrotter, but still awesome. Agreed. And I kind of wish I took your advice and didn't listen to it live first. But I do enjoy the album a lot and feel like it's one to grow on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i dont think sam beam can do wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i dont think sam beam can do wrong. I thought he already did: it was called The Shepard's Dog, wasn't it? I kid, I kid... The new one is great so far. I am joining the choir on this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I'm not a huge Iron & Wine fan, but I'm really looking forward to this album. I finally bought the Walking Far From Home EP today and I'm really enjoying it. I guess I prefer the later Iron & Wine. To be completely honest - I find The Creek Drank the Cradle to be kind of boring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
knotgreen Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i'm totally unimpressed. i'm no longer feeling guilty about getting rid of my radio city tix... the last i saw i&w was in 2005. he played a great deal from 'our endless numbered days', which i think is his best to date. i wasn't crazy about 'the shepherd's dog' when it first came out, maybe the latest release will grow on me as that album has. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i think folk music could be hard to really get into. it comes down to guitar, lyrics, vocal, and i think BEAM hits on all those levels. he voice can expand several levels, he can fingerpick and technique the guitar very well, and his lyric/music writing is really exceptional. folk music is boring to some but those who really enjoy it, it is a sort of musical mastery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maggie Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i think folk music could be hard to really get into. it comes down to guitar, lyrics, vocal, and i think BEAM hits on all those levels. he voice can expand several levels, he can fingerpick and technique the guitar very well, and his lyric/music writing is really exceptional. folk music is boring to some but those who really enjoy it, it is a sort of musical mastery. I have no problem with folk music. I love great fingerpicking and a good story. I just think Iron & Wine's version of the genre is a bit underwhelming. The vocals in particular do not impress me. I prefer someone with a more weathered voice if the instrumentation is going to be so sparse. I will admit that I don't own all his albums. Maybe I'll give them some more listening time after I absorb the new one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I really loved his first two albums, The Sea & Rhythm EP and the Calexico EP. Those were stellar beyond reason. I traded a show with someone back in the '02 and they sent me a promo copy of his first album a few months before it was released and I was hooked by the folk-come-lo-fi aspect. His second album upped the fidelity and the songwriting again was stellar...Naked as We Came has to be one of the most gorgeous songs ever written in the history of man, in my opinion. Every time I hear it, it's like I've heard it for the first time: that wonderful, awesome feeling you get when you hear great music. Happens every single time, without fail. I really wasn't fan of the Woman King EP and down right despised the Shepard's Dog. What was wrong with the Shepard's Dog for me is hard to pin down. I describe it as "NPR supporter paint by the numbers eclecticism." It just reeked of that, if you get my imagery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 i haven't really disliked anything Sam has done myself *shrug* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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