Overview

• Making Good Time marks Beam and Bridwell’s first joint recording since their 2015 covers album Sing Into My Mouth.
• The five-track EP arrives Sept. 12 with a lead preview of their cover of Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther.”
• The EP features reinterpretations of U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is,” Roxy Music’s “More Than This” and boygenius’ “Ketchum, ID.”
• Sessions were laid down at Brad Cook’s studio in Durham, North Carolina, tapping into the duo’s longstanding South Carolina friendship.
• Iron & Wine and Band of Horses will co-headline a fall tour beginning Sept. 18 in Seattle, combining individual sets with a collaborative segment.