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Iron & Wine
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The beard is the first thing that comes to mind. Thicker than chimney smoke and as soft and scratchy as a two-sided sponge, it screams long, blustery winters and souls that are wiser than their years. Which is perfect, really, given the timeless and strikingly tender approach of Sam Beam’s actual Iron & Wine songs. We’re talking everything from the soft-focus snapshots of his bedroom-bred debut — 2002’s The Creek Drank the Cradle LP — to the bold AM radio nods of Kiss Each Other Clean, an album that manages to meld Beam’s shadowy storytelling with shimmering keys. As for Iron & Wine’s buzz-stirring cover of the Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights,” it’s been used in an M&M’s commercial and the Garden State soundtrack, thanks to its Southern Gothic spin on synth-pop. Yes, his songs are that good.