Album · Iron and Wine
Beast Epic by Iron and Wine
Beast Epic is an album by Iron and Wine, released in 2017. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Call It Dreaming”, on 10 lists with a best position of #27.
Sam Beam put out Beast Epic, his sixth full-length as Iron & Wine, on August 25, 2017, through Sub Pop and Black Cricket Recording Company, and produced it himself. Time is the subject: what the years do to a body and a heart, and the odd business of coming of age all over again once you're supposedly done growing up. Beam has circled rites of passage for a long while, but here he writes from further down the road, and the songs feel both more generous and darker for it.
The sound is hushed, unhurried indie folk, soft-grained vocals over arrangements that never raise their voice. "Call It Dreaming" is the one that has lasted, gentle and glowing, while "Bitter Truth" stings quietly. It came after Love Letter for Fire and before Years to Burn.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Beast Epic on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call It Dreaming | 10 | #27 | – | 2017–2025 | |
| 2 | Bitter Truth | 1 | #45 | – | 2017 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.