Today, June 10th, Iron & Wine returns with a vibrant new single, “Robin’s Egg” which features the three-part harmonies of I’m With Her. I’m With Her is comprised of Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins - each individual stars in their own right – whom just released a brand new record, Wild and Clear and Blue, last month to critical acclaim and praise. The two bands will be joining forces this July for a series of shows and “Robin’s Egg” serves as a highlight to what should be an anything-goes, cross-collaborating evening of music.
 
The forthcoming tour takes its name from said track and is the perfect pollination of each band’s signature style. Not too sweet, not too spicy, perfect for summer days. The track was written and produced by Iron & Wine’s creative force and principal singer-songwriter, Sam Beam, and is an early preview of the band’s still-in-the-making forthcoming record.
 
Of the song, Beam said: “I had the start of ‘Robin’s Egg’ kicking around and began finishing the tune earlier this year with I’m With Her in mind. We had already started to plan our summer tour together; I passed it to them with the hope they were up for adding their voices to it and lucky for me they were!  I’m looking forward to performing it, and a few other surprises, with them this summer.”
 
You can watch the official music video, animated and created by Lizi Breit, here.
 
Iron & Wine have maintained an active touring schedule since the release of 2024’s Grammy-nominated Light Verse. The Robin’s Egg Tour begins in July and ends with both bands triumphantly returning to the Newport Folk Festival stage, where anything can, and often does, happen!

Iron & Wine will continue to tour through the end of the year with a series of festival plays and a co-headline west coast run with former labelmates and longtime friends, Band of Horses. See below for a complete list of dates.
 

Sat. Jul. 05 - Orilla, ON - Mariposa Folk Festival
Mon. Jul. 07 - Viroqua, WI - Historic Temple Theatre of Viroqua ~
Tues. Jul. 08 - Bayfield, WI - Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua ~
Thu. Jul. 10 - Interlochen, MI - Interlochen Center for the Arts * ^
Fri. Jul. 11 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theatre * ^
Sat. Jul. 12 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Yards Amphitheater * ^
Sun. Jul. 13 - Cary, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre * ^
Tue. Jul. 15 - Vienna, VA - Filene Center at Wolf Trap *
Thu. Jul. 17 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Halifax Jazz Festival
Sat. Jul 19 - Portland, ME - Thompson’s Point * ^
Sun. Jul. 20 - Burlington, VT - The Green at Shelburne Museum * ^
Mon. Jul 21 - Northampton, MA - The Pines Theater at Look Park * ^
Wed. Jul. 23 - Richmond, VA - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden * ^
Thu. Jul. 24 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre * ^
Fri. Jul. 25 - LaFayette, NY - Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards * ^
Sat. Jul. 26 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival - SOLD OUT
Sat. Sep 6 - Evanston, IL - Evanston Folk Festival
Fri. Sep. 12 - Louisville, KY - Bourbon & Beyond
Thu. Sep. 18 - Seattle, WA - Marymoor Park #
Fri. Sep. 19 - Eugene, OR - The Cuthbert Amphitheater #
Sat. Sep. 20 - Portland, OR - McMenamins Grand Lodge #
Mon. Sep. 22 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery #
Tue. Sep. 23 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield #
Wed. Sep. 24 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern #
Fri. Sep. 26 - Del Mar, CA - The Sound at Del Mar #
Sat. Sep. 27 - Las Vegas, NV - Bel-Aire Backyard #
Sun. Sep 28 - Chandler, AZ - Gila River Resorts & Casinos - Wild Horse Pass #
Tue. Sep. 30 - Flagstaff, AZ - Pepsi Amphitheater #
Thu. Oct. 2 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues Anaheim #
Fri. Oct. 3 - Santa Barbara, CA - The Arlington Theatre #

* co-headline with I’m With Her
# co-headline with Band of Horses
~ support by Elizabeth Moen
^ support by Ken Pomeroy

 

“Robin’s Egg” follows the 2024 acclaimed release of Light Verse, which features the Grammy-nominated duet with Fiona Apple, “All in Good Time.” The album received accolades from Uncut, Mojo, Clash and NPR New Music Friday who shared “my favorite moments on the album are where you hear those studio dynamics, where the quiet erupts into this chamber ensemble piece with these big shifting movements… it can go from everything from somber to nearly euphoric in its run, and I love that about it.”

 
Praise for Iron & Wine Light Verse:
“A collection of songs bursting with surprises, reflecting the optimism of the album’s title, and a songwriter rejuvenated.” 8/10 - Uncut
 
“It’s magnificent… It starts hushed and intimate (You Never Know), then as the band gradually comes in, it takes on a beautiful lushness throughout. Highlights include the lovely harmonies on Tears That Don’t Matter and All in Good Time, a soulful, churchy duet with Fiona Apple.” ★★★★ - MOJO
 
“Gorgeous… Iron & Wine proves he still has much to say in a hypnotic record full of lush production, highlighting the warmth and timelessness of his vocals.” 8/10 - CLASH
 
“Stunning… an album that straddles Iron & Wine’s earlier, stripped-down work and his later, more layered tunes. The gorgeous Sweet Talk and All in Good Time are particularly reminiscent of the former, while Tears That Don’t Matter is Beam at his most dynamically majestic.” ★★★★ - Record Collector
 
“Quirky yet profound, playful but often deeply moving… The ten tracks on Light Verse glow with the a rejuvenated joy and infectious creative energy.”  8/10 -
The Line of Best Fit
 
“Beam has done this kind of thing before, but he seems to be digging a little deeper lyrically here, while crafting arrangements that are truly lush and lovely, better than any on previous Iron & Wine albums. That’s a high bar, but he soars over it with plenty of room to spare, and in the end Light Verse turns out to be one of the most enjoyable, varied, and well-crafted of the band’s records.” ★★★★ -  All Music
 
“This time Beam worked alongside a handful of Los Angeles-based musicians and producer Dave Way (John Doe, Macy Gray) in his Laurel Canyon studio, and the bones of the songs on Light Verse are both looser and more freely experimental, often conjuring up a more ramshackle version of the layered psych-pop elements of 2007’s The Shepherd’s Dog.” - No Depression

Iron & Wine Feat. I’m With Her

“Robin’s Egg”

Single Cover / Artwork by Natalya Balnova