On April 26, 2024, “Sub Pop” label released “Light Verse”, the seventh Iron & Wine studio album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Waystation” in Los Angeles, “Silent Zoo Studios” in Glendale, California, and was produced by Sam Beam.

Personnel:

• Sam Beam – vocals, guitar, art direction, artwork
• Fiona Apple – vocals
• David Garza – guitar, Zither, kalimba
• Paul Cartwright – guitar, strings
• Tyler Chester – piano, organ
• Sebastian Steinberg – bass
• Stephanie Payne – contrabass
• Steve Pfifer – contrabass
• Elizabeth Goodfellow, Griffin Goldsmith, Kyle Crane – drums, percussion
• Aiko Richter, Alyssa Park, Andrew Bulbrook, Anna Kostyuchek, Ashoka Thiagarajan, Chris Woods, Ina Veli, Kerenza Peacock, Luanne Homzy, Megan Shung, Neel Hammond, Sarah Thornblade, Stephanie Matthews, Yvette Holzwarth – violin
• Andrew Duckles, Erik Rynearson, Zach Dellinger, Linnea Powell, Rita Andrade, Stefan Smith – viola
• Charlie Taylor – cello
• Evgeny Tonkha – cello
• Timothy Loo – cello
• Vanessa Freebairn – Smith – cello
• Paul Cartwright – arrangements
• Dave Way – engineer, recording
• Dave Boucher – additional recording
• Richard Dodd – mastering
• Dusty Summers – art direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Sam Beam.

1. You Never Know
2. Anyone’s Game
3. All in Good Time
4. Cutting It Close
5. Taken by Surprise
6. Yellow Jacket
7. Sweet Talk
8. Tears That Don’t Matter
9. Bag of Cats
10. Angels Go Home