Biography

Samuel Beam's lo-fi Iron & Wine tapes caught the attention of Sub Pop. Asked by the label to submit material, Beam obliged, and two albums' worth of songs were slimmed down to 2002's The Creek Drank the Cradle. The following The Sea & the Rhythm featured five tracks recorded during the same sessions. Released in 2004, Our Endless Numbered Days was his first proper studio recording; that year, three of his songs were used in the In Good Company soundtrack, and a Postal Service cover was featured in Garden State. In the Reins, recorded with Calexico, preceded 2007's The Shepherd's Dog, the lushest Iron & Wine album yet. ~ Bradley Torreano & Tim Sendra

Top Tracks

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• A History Of Lovers

• Arms Of A Thief

• Beneath The Balcony

• Big Burned Hand

• Boy With A Coin

• Carousel

• Cinder And Smoke

• Dearest Forsaken

• Freedom Hangs Like Heaven

• Friends They Are Jewels

• He Lays In The Reins

• House By The Sea

• Jesus The Mexican Boy

• Kingdom Of The Animals

• Lion's Mane

• My Lady's House

• Naked As We Came

• Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car

• Sixteen, Maybe Less

• Sodom, South Georgia

• Someday The Waves

• Southern Anthem

• The Trapeze Swinger

• Tree By The River

• Upward Over The Mountain

• Woman King

Discography

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• Kiss Each Other Clean

  Warner Bros.

  2011

• The Shepherd's Dog

  Sub Pop

  2007

• In the Reins

  Overcoat Recordings

  2005

• Our Endless Numbered Days

  Sub Pop

  2004

• The Creek Drank the Cradle

  Sub Pop

  2002