Iron & Wine, the project of Sam Beam, has announced Hen’s Teeth, his eighth album and the sibling to 2024’s Light Verse, which was his first album in seven years. It’s due out on February 27 via Sub Pop, and it was produced by Dave Way, and also features David Garza, Sebastian Steinberg, Tyler Chester, Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, Kyle Crane, and Paul Cartwright. I’m With Her contribute to two tracks and one of Beam’s daughters, Arden Beam, makes her recording debut contributing to four.
About the title, Beam says, “To me it suggests the impossible. Hen’s teeth do not exist. And that’s what this record felt like: a gift that shouldn’t be there but it is. An impossible thing but it’s real.” See the cover art and tracklist, and watch the video for the folky lead single, “In Your Ocean,” below.
Iron & Wine will be on tour this year, including an NYC show at Brooklyn Steel on May 13 with Improvement Movement. See all dates below.
IRON & WINE – HEN’S TEETH TRACKLIST
1. Roses
2. Paper and Stone
3. Robin’s Egg (feat. I’m With Her)
4. Singing Saw
5. In Your Ocean
6. Defiance, Ohio
7. Wait Up (feat. I’m With Her)
8. Grace Notes
9. Dates and Dead People
10. Half Measures
IRON & WINE: 2026 TOUR DATES
Sat. Feb. 28 – Perth, AU – The Rechabite *
Mon. Mar. 02 – Brisbane, AU – The Princess Theatre *
Wed. Mar. 04 – Sydney, AU – City Recital Hall *
Fri. Mar. 06 – Adelaide, AU – WOMADelaide *
Sat. Mar. 07 – Port Fairy, AU – Port Fairy Folk Festival
Sun. Mar. 08 – Port Fairy, AU – Port Fairy Folk Festival
Tue. Mar. 10 – Melbourne, AU – Northcote Theatre *
Thu. Mar. 12 – Hobart, AU – Odeon Theatre *
Sat. Mar. 14 – Auckland, NZ – Powerstation *
Sun. Mar. 15 Wellington, NZ – Meow Nui *
Tue. Mar. 17 – Honolulu, HI – The Hawaii Theatre ^
Wed. Mar. 18 – Kahului, HI – Maui Arts & Cultural Center Castle Theater ^
Mon. Apr. 27 – St Louis, MO – The Pageant @
Tue. Apr. 28 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note @
Wed. Apr. 29 – Omaha, NE – Astro Theater @
Fri. May 01 – Saint Paul, MN – Fitzgerald Theater @
Sat. May 02 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom @
Sun. May 03 – Iowa City, IA – The Englert Theatre @
Tue. May 05 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall @
Wed. May 06 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall @
Fri. May 08 – Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater @
Sat. May 09 – Niagara Falls, CA – The Avalon Theatre at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort @
Sun. May 10 – Albany, NY – The Egg @
Mon. May 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer @
Wed. May 13 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel @
Thu. May 14 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club @
Fri. May 15 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa @
Sat. May 16 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom @
Sun. May 17 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle @
* with Leah Senior
^ with Jenny Yim
@ with Improvement Movement