Watch: Iron & Wine Returns To Roots On 'Beast Epic,' Out In August
The new album's first single, "Call It Dreaming," strips Sam Beam's sound back down to its warm, relatively unadorned essence.
Sam Beam's music career began in 2001 with 's , a collection of barren and intimate solo home recordings. From there, he's added sundry layers to his sound — horns, strings, backup singers, and ' Ben Bridwell. But on August 25, he downshifts a bit with , a simpler and more stripped-down collection of acoustic folk-pop songs.
