Upon their release, Iron & Wine's debut, The Creek Drank The Cradle, and its subsequent EP, The Sea & The Rhythm, at first listen, felt like home. Sam Beam's eclectic, seemingly, backwoods musical vision appealed to me in the same way Will Oldham's best work has -- only with an immediately more inviting (read: sweeter) voice.
In hindsight, Beam's sophomore LP, 2004's Our Endless Numbered Days, while quite good, did not register with me in the same visceral way . . .
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