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.
- You Never Know
- Anyone’s Game
- All in Good Time
- Cutting It Close
- Taken by Surprise
- Yellow Jacket
- Sweet Talk
- Tears That Don’t Matter
- Bag of Cats
- Angels Go Home
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