Iron & Wine Announces New Album Ahead of Australian Tour

The indie folk artist returns to Australia for the first time since 2018.

Singer-songwriter Sam Beam, aka Iron & Wine, has revealed his new album Hen’s Teeth is dropping next month.

Iron & Wine’s eighth studio album is set for release on Friday 27 February via Sub Pop (pre-order here) and has been called a companion of sorts to his 2024 record Light Verse.

Written and recorded in the LA studio of engineer Dave Way (Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan, Sheryl Crow), the album features a stack of special guests, including Beam’s daughter Arden, American trio I’m With Her, David Garza, Sebastian Steinberg, Tyler Chester, Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, Kyle Crane and Paul Cartwright.

Speaking about the album title in press material, Beam said: “To me it suggests the impossible. Hen’s teeth do not exist. And that’s what this record felt like: a gift that shouldn’t be there but it is. An impossible thing but it’s real.”

Accompanying the announcement of Hen’s Teeth is the music video for the single ‘In Your Ocean’. Directed by Spencer Kelly, the clip stars Briana Morell and Connor Jacobs as a couple struggling to open a jar at dinner. Watch below.

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The release of Hen’s Teeth comes as Iron & Wine tours Australia for the first time since 2018, with the troubadour locking in a run of stripped-back solo shows.

The five-time Grammy-nominated artist is playing a mix of headline shows and festival bills, kicking his tour off with a sold-out show at Perth’s The Rechabite on Saturday 28 February.

Dates follow at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre on Monday 2 March and Sydney’s City Recital Hall on Wednesday 4 March, before two festival performances at WOMADelaide in Adelaide on Friday 6 March and Port Fairy Folk Festival in Port Fairy on Saturday 7 March and Sunday 8 March.

The final dates of the tour take place on Tuesday 10 March at Northcote Theatre in Melbourne (sold out) and The Odeon Theatre in Hobart on Thursday 12 March.

Tickets for the remaining headline shows are on sale now at handsometours.com. WOMADelaide and Port Fairy Folk Festival tickets are on sale now via womadelaide.com.au and portfairyfolkfestival.com, respectively.

Catch Iron & Wine at WOMADelaide on Friday 6 March. Tickets on sale now via womadelaide.com.au.

Iron & Wine 2026 Australian Tour Dates

Saturday 28 February – The Rechabite, Perth, WA SOLD OUT

Monday 2 March – Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD

Wednesday 4 March, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW

Friday 6 March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA

Saturday 7 March & Sunday 8 March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC

Tuesday 10 March – Northcote Theatre, Melbourne, VIC SOLD OUT

Thursday 12 March – The Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS