Tree By The River-- Iron And Wine

Beautiful rendition of a standout track from this year's Kiss Each Other Clean  LP. Lovely arrangements, complement the graceful melody -the flutes and backing vocals are ace. All confirming my opinion that Beam is one of those artists best heard live, in a back-to-basics organic setting. As with Sufjan Stevens, I feel Beam is best when the main focus is very much him. His narratives. His guitar. Not during the genre hopping experiments in rhythm and textures or beats with which they both, respectively, dabble.