Pitchfork

While we're still massaging our cochleas after the ear-bludgeoning sonic assault that was 2004's Our Endless Numbered Days, that boy Sam Beam just doesn't relent. This fall, as Sub Pop has confirmed, Iron and Wine will treat fans to another blistering LP of mixtape-ready folk balladry titled The Shepherd's Dog.

The new disc will include songs "Boy With a Coin", "House by the Sea", "The Love Song of the Buzzard", "Peace Beneath the City", "Carousel", and "Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car". Beam, who just wrapped up a tour of Japan with Calexico, has already begun beaming audiences with these tunes in the live setting-- many thanks to an astute show-going reader for the tip.