Sam Beam has announced his seventh LP as Iron & Wine (and first in seven years), Light Verse, due out on April 26 via Sub Pop. Beam produced the album, which features a 24-piece orchestra on four songs, as well as Tyler Chester (keyboards), Sebastian Steinberg (bass), David Garza (guitar), Paul Cartwright (strings), and Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, and Kyle Crane (drums/percussion). It was mixed and engineered by Dave Way, and Fiona Apple sings on “All In Good Time.” See the cover art and tracklist below.
The first single is gorgeous, ornamented folk track “You Never Know,” which you can hear below.
Iron & Wine also announced a North American tour, starting in Milwaukee on June 14 and running through the summer, wrapping up on August 24 in Nashville. See all dates below.
The NYC show is at Brooklyn Paramount on August 14. You can get tickets on BrooklynVegan Presale starting Thursday, February 8 at 10 AM ET – use the password BVPARAMOUNT. Our presale runs through 10 PM ET, and if you miss out, tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 9 at 10 AM ET.
IRON & WINE: 2024 TOUR DATES
Fri. Jun. 14 – Milwaukee, WI – The Pabst Theater
Sat. Jun. 15 – St Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
Mon. Jun. 17 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
Tue. Jun. 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
Thu. Jun. 20 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Fri. Jun. 21 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Sat. Jun. 22 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Sun. Jun. 23 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
Tue. Jun. 25 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Thur. Jun. 27 – Monterey, CA – Golden State Theatre
Fri. Jun. 28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellweather
Sat. Jun. 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Bellweather
Sun. Jun. 30 – El Cajon, CA – The Magnolia
Tue. Jul. 02 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Wed. Jul. 03 – Taos, NM – Kit Carson Park * (support for Avett Brothers)
Fri. Jul. 05 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Sat. Jul. 06 – St Louis, MO – The Pageant
Mon. Jul. 08 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed
Wed. Jul. 31 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
Thu. Aug. 01 – Houston, TX- White Oak Music Hall
Fri. Aug. 02 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Sat. Aug. 03 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
Mon. Aug. 05 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
Tue. Aug. 06 – Wilmington, NC – Wilson Center at CFCC
Wed. Aug. 07 – Raleigh, NC – Meymandi Concert Hall
Fri. Aug. 09 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Sat. Aug. 10 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
Sun. Aug. 11 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Tue. Aug. 13 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
Wed. Aug. 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
Fri. Aug. 16 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
Sat. Aug. 17 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
Sun. Aug. 18 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral Theatre
Tue. Aug. 20 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
Thu. Aug. 22 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Fri. Aug. 23 – Louisville, KY – Old Forester’s Paristown Hall
Sat. Aug. 24 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium