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Sep 09, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

It's been nearly three years since we've heard a new Iron & Wine joint, but don't fret folk-rock fans. Sam Beam was quietly working on new songs throughout this year. Iron & Wine's fourth album arrives early in 2011, and it's called Kiss Each Other Clean (via Pitchfork.)

A member of the fansite Passing Afternoon interviewed Beam about the album awhile back and the rumor is that he's diving back into more of a country-rock zone for the new tracks (think of his collaborative EP with Calexico, In the Reins). (Those are a lot of italics for one sentence so don't bet on it too much.)

Third full-length, The Shepherd's Dog (2007) went in some very interesting directions, so one can hope the rumors are true.

Beam's band is touring at the moment. When that's done, they'll perform a few solo acoustic gigs in the Midwest. Check the dates out below. In related news, Iron & Wine has a Twitter now.

Iron & Wine:

09-10 Mainz, Germany - 3Sat Festival
09-11 Dorset, England - End of the Road Festival
09-12 Leeds, England - Howard Assembly Room
09-14 London, England - Union Chapel
09-15 Düsseldorf, Germany - Zakk
09-16 Zürich, Switzerland - El Lokal
09-17 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
09-18 Groningen, Netherlands - Take Root Festival
10-12 Iowa City, IA - IMU Main Lounge
10-13 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
10-14 Columbus, OH - Ohio State University

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