Iron & Wine, The Creek Drank The Cradle, 2002 on Sub Pop

Debut studio album from Sam Beam’s Iron & Wine, put out on Sub Pop in 2002, recorded at home by Beam himself (in Miami Florida, though now he lives in North Carolina.

Beam is another artist I could just put on endless repeat (harder to do on vinyl, I’ll grant you). If you don’t know Iron & Wine this is a great place to start.

My copy—via private sale—is the 2016 repress with GOLDEN in the runout (lacquer cut at Golden Mastering).