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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Iron & Wine features guest appearances by I'm With Her.
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Mar 18, 2026
    80
    This is an album for coffee and rainy Sunday mornings. For driving your kids to the park on an unseasonably warm February afternoon. For unwinding at the end of the night with a glass of red wine. The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve found beauty within rare moments of calm. Hen’s Teeth is an album that matches that mood, and perhaps you can chalk it up to a personal aligning of the stars, but right now it’s everything I need.
  2. Feb 25, 2026
    80
    Another Iron & Wine album that consolidates Beam’s reputation as a songwriter of distinction.
  3. Mojo
    Feb 24, 2026
    80
    Hen's Teeth is benchmark roots music from start to finish. [Apr 2026, p.85]
  4. Feb 27, 2026
    80
    This record, and Light Verse, show that he is still searching, still working hard, and still able to imbue his albums with the same deep feeling and unstinting beauty that he has from the beginning.
  5. Feb 24, 2026
    75
    Even on its own merits and severed from its sibling, Hen’s Teeth is a reminder of Sam Beam’s stirring songwriting prowess and how he has always been capable of wringing new sentiments and ideas out of his tried-and-true indie-folk milieu.
  6. Mar 3, 2026
    75
    With Hen’s Teeth, again, Sam Beam brings us more well-aged Iron & Wine.
  7. Feb 26, 2026
    50
    The issue with Hen’s Teeth is its utter lack of bite.

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