℗ 2017 Sub Pop Records
| Released | August 25, 2017 |
| Duration | 35m 43s |
| Record Label | Sub Pop Records |
| Genre | Alternative Rock |
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1.1
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Claim Your Ghost
Iron & Wine |
2:28 | |||
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1.2
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Thomas County Law
Iron & Wine |
3:24 | |||
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1.3
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Bitter Truth
Iron & Wine |
3:02 | |||
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1.4
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Song in Stone
Iron & Wine |
3:21 | |||
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1.5
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Summer Clouds
Iron & Wine |
3:33 | |||
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1.6
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Call It Dreaming
Iron & Wine |
3:51 | |||
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1.7
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About a Bruise
Iron & Wine |
3:10 | |||
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1.8
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Last Night
Iron & Wine |
2:55 | |||
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1.9
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Right for Sky
Iron & Wine |
3:59 | |||
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1.10
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The Truest Stars We Know
Iron & Wine |
2:51 | |||
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1.11
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Our Light Miles
Iron & Wine |
3:09 |
Beast Epic was written and produced by Sam Beam. It was recorded and engineered by Tom Schick at the Loft in Chicago in July 2016 and January 2017, and mastered by Richard Dodd in Nashville, Tennessee. The musicians who played on the album include longtime Iron & Wine collaborators Rob Burger (keys), Joe Adamik (percussion, drums), and Jim Becker (guitar, banjo, violin, mandolin), along with bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing and Fiona Apple), and Chicagoan Teddy Rankin Parker (cello).
“The sound of Beast Epic harks back to previous work, in a way, as well. By employing the old discipline of recording everything live and doing minimal overdubbing, I feel like it wears both its achievements and its imperfections on its sleeve. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed experimenting with different genres, sonics and songwriting styles and all that traveled distance is evident in the feel and the arrangements here, but the muscles seemed to have relaxed and been allowed to effortlessly do what they do best."
- Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Sub Pop Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.51 -0.52 to -0.51 | -12.82 -15.19 to -11.01 | -10.49 -12.60 to -8.90 | 7 6 to 9 | |
| 1 | Claim Your Ghost | -0.51 | -12.53 | -9.8 | 7 |
| 2 | Thomas County Law | -0.51 | -11.89 | -9.6 | 6 |
| 3 | Bitter Truth | -0.52 | -11.65 | -9.7 | 7 |
| 4 | Song in Stone | -0.51 | -11.77 | -9.4 | 6 |
| 5 | Summer Clouds | -0.51 | -15.03 | -12.6 | 7 |
| 6 | Call It Dreaming | -0.51 | -12.69 | -10.2 | 7 |
| 7 | About a Bruise | -0.51 | -11.01 | -8.9 | 6 |
| 8 | Last Night | -0.51 | -14.92 | -12.3 | 9 |
| 9 | Right for Sky | -0.51 | -11.36 | -9.5 | 7 |
| 10 | The Truest Stars We Know | -0.51 | -12.95 | -11.0 | 7 |
| 11 | Our Light Miles | -0.51 | -15.19 | -12.4 | 8 |