s most probably did, I discovered Sam Bean AKA Iron & Wine from his brilliant, sweet, melodic and moving cover of "Such Great Heights" on the Garden State OST. Immediately wnet and tracked down most of his other releases and he's become an instant favourite.

I guess his style is best described as "happy sad", with the melancholy of his voice and the way it sounds almost inside the microphone a feature. This however doesn't mean his material is all downcast, and I really love this duality.

All of his releases are really quite brilliant and his move from recording at home to a more upmarket environment has not affected the intimacy or personality of his material one bit.

Those fans of early Badly Drawn Boy, The Shins or Sparklehorse (especially "It's A Wonderful Life") should check this guy out, he is a rare talent indeed.