iron and wine - "the shepherd's dog"

just got my hands on an advance copy of iron and wine's latest release "the shepherd's dog" and figured i'd write something about it. it's due to come out next tuesday and it features a slightly different sound from sam beam and company. the songs use way more instrumentation than usual and are quite rhythmic and percussion heavy. so far i'm enjoying it and i'm looking forward to letting this expanded sound grow on me. oh and if you pre-order the album from sub pop you'll get a bonus cd with 2 exclusive b-sides on it.

mp3 | iron and wine - white tooth man
mp3 | iron and wine - boy with a coin