Iron & Wine: "Focused Pop Record" Due in January

Next January, Austin, TX-based singer-songwriter Sam Beam will release Kiss Each Other Clean , his fourth studio album as Iron & Wine and first since leaving indie label Sub Pop for major Warner Bros. And with his move to the big leagues comes a shift in his hushed, tender folk sound: "It's more of a focused pop record," Beam tells SPIN. "It sounds like the music people heard in their parent's ...