Sing Into My Mouth

AlbumJul 17 / 201512 songs, 44m 53s
Americana
Popular
5.2 / 10

Sing Into My Mouth is a covers record by Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell and Iron & Wine's Sam Beam. Featuring selections by Talking Heads, Sade, Spiritualized, and others, there are moments when the project brings out the best in both Beam and Bridwell, whose day-job acts have been on a run of ho-hum albums.

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Sam Beam joins forces with the Band of Horses frontman for an uneven, but occasionally inspiring, covers record.

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While Sing Into My Mouth won’t likely make essential discography lists for either artists, this collaboration is an…

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It turns out that bearded gents Sam Beam of Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses were friends in their hometown of Columbia, South Carolina back before they were ever touring-bill companions or Sub Pop labelmates (mid- to late aughts), and well before they recorded a covers album together.

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In early April 2015, long-time friends Sam Beam (aka Iron & Wine) and Ben Bridwell (of Band of Horses) announced a collaborative album.

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Music Review: Iron & Wine x Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth

Sing Into My Mouth is a surprisingly essential document for fans of both Iron and Wine and Band of Horses.

The two old friends from South Carolina could have given this album of covers of songs by Sade, Bon Iver and others a more original sound

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Sing into my Mouth may demonstrate why that’s the case.

Album Reviews: Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell – Sing Into My Mouth

Odd-couple alt-country collaborators create a thing of understated beauty. CD review by Russ Coffey

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