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Iron & Wine
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Iron & Wine
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
In Your Ocean — played 2025-01-15
Roses — played 2026-02-12, 2026-07-30
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Iron & Wine — In Your Ocean
Played: 2025-01-15
Iron & Wine — Roses
Played: 2026-02-12 (new release); 2026-07-30
2026-02-12
While albums by Sam Beam, better known as Iron and Wine, aren't exactly rare, this new one due out on Sub Pop on the 27th February is 'Hen's Teeth' - a rare occurrence. Album: Hen's Teeth | Released: 27 February | Lab
Iron & Wine
Origin: Sam Beam, born 26 July 1974 in Chapin, South Carolina, US · recording since early 2000s · solo/active (touring band varies)
Members: Solo artist (Sam Beam, songwriting/vocals/guitar), backed by a rotating touring/studio band
Genre: Folk / folk rock / indie folk
Discography:
The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002) — Sub Pop — debut, recorded on a four-track at home
Our Endless Numbered Days (2004) — Sub Pop
The Shepherd's Dog (2007) — Sub Pop
Kiss Each Other Clean (2011) — Warner Bros./4AD
Ghost on Ghost (2013) — Nonesuch/4AD
Beast Epic (2017) — Sub Pop
Light Verse (2024) — Sub Pop
Facts:
The stage name "Iron & Wine" comes from a dietary supplement, "Beef, Iron & Wine," that Beam spotted on a store shelf while working as a film crew member in Florida.
His cover of the Postal Service's "Such Great Heights," featured on the Garden State soundtrack and in ad campaigns, brought him to a much wider audience and went RIAA Gold.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_%26_Wineel: Sub Pop.
2026-07-30
"Roses" is the opening track on Sam Beam's 2026 album Hen's Teeth, released 28 February 2026 via Sub Pop. Beam described it as "a nice opening handshake that tells a weird story" — the album as a whole is "earthier, darker, more robust and more tactile" than its predecessor Light Verse (2024). Beam recorded Hen's Teeth by bringing skeletal song ideas to intuitive musicians and delighting in what emerged, a process driven by the musical liberation he found where folk and jazz meet. The album was noted by Uncut for its Southern melancholy and by critics for its Stephen Stills-like qualities. The title "Hen's Teeth" refers to something exceedingly rare.
Sources: Cornell Sun · KLOF Mag · musicOMH · Uncut · Iron & Wine (official site)