The Sea and the Rhythm EP

VINYL FORMAT. On vinyl for the first time, this record was Sam Beam's second release on Sub Pop. Sam Beam's return to last year's acclaimed debut, The Creek Drank the Cradle. The songs here were culled from that same batch of bedroom recordings. The EP also served as a precursor to Iron and Wine's sophomore album, Our Endless Numbered Days. As Entertainment Weekly said of Beam, "Based in Miami, of all places, he launches balloons of sweetly whispered regret over trance-inducing backwoods string-band arrangements and watches them float away, his heart in tow. A-."