‘Double Infinity is a dense, deep, fluid album that pushes their exceptional rate of development into new areas… Uplifting and open-hearted, looking backwards and forwards without blame or trepidation.’ – Uncut, Album of the Month, 9/10
Big Thief release two new singles, “Grandmother” and “Los Angeles,” from their sixth studio album, Double Infinity, out September 5th via 4AD. The singles follow last month’s ‘euphoric ode to the all-encompassing haze of desire,’ (Paste) “All Night All Day.”
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“Grandmother” is the first song all three members of Big Thief wrote together and grapples with generational love and pain. To her grandmother, Lenker sings: “ It’s alright, everything that happened, happened / So what’s the use of holding? It’s unfolding / We’re all insane / We are made of love / We are also made of pain.” In the song’s chorus, Lenker concludes, “Gonna turn it all into rock and roll.” Laraaji features on backing vocals and zither.
Album cover photo by Bobby Doherty
Classic and steadfast, “Los Angeles” is a song of revival about past lovers turning into friends. “I’ll follow you forever. Even without looking. You call we come together,” Lenker sings, reflecting on how time may reshape love, but can’t sink it. The chorus names the magic spell that first bound them, and still braids their lives: “You sang for me. You sang for me.” It may be the most immediate and classic song the band have yet released.
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Double Infinity was recorded last winter at the Power Station, New York City. For three solid weeks, the trio would ride bicycles on frozen streets between Brooklyn and Manhattan, meeting in Power Station’s warm wood-panelled room. Together with a community of musicians (Alena Spanger, Caleb Michel, Hannah Cohen, Jon Nellen, Joshua Crumbly, June McDoom, Laraaji, Mikel Patrick Avery, Mikey Buishas), they would play for nine hours a day, tracking together – simultaneously – improvising arrangements and making collective discoveries. The album was recorded live with minimal overdubs. Double Infinity was produced, engineered and mixed by longtime Big Thief collaborator Dom Monks.
Big Thief will embark on the first leg of their Somersault Slide 360 Tour in support of Double Infinity in September. The extensive tour – their first US shows in over a year – includes stops at Berkeley’s The Greek Theater, Los Angeles’s The Hollywood Bowl (their largest non-festival headline show yet), Boston’s MGM Music Hall, New York’s Forest Hills Stadium, and their first show in Mexico at Teatro Metropolitan. A full list of dates is available below and tickets are now available here.
September
17th – Channel 24, Sacramento CA, US
19th – Edgefield, Troutdale OR, US
21st – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical, Boise ID, US
22nd – Twilight Concert Series, Salt Lake City UT, US
25th – The Greek Theater, Berkeley CA, US
27th – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA, US
28th – Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, San Diego CA, US
October
1st – Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City, Mexico
20th – State Theatre, Portland ME, US
21st – MGM Music Hall, Boston MA, US
22nd – The Met, Philadelphia PA, US
24th – The Anthem, Washington DC, US
25th – Forest Hills Stadium, Queens NY, US
29th – Red Hat Ampitheater, Raleigh NC, US
30th – The Fox Theatre, Atlanta GA, US
31st – Saenger Theatre, New Orleans LA, US
November
3rd – Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa OK, US
4th – The Bomb Factory, Dallas TX, US
5th – Moody Ampitheater at Waterloo Park, Austin TX, US
7th – White Oak Music Hall Lawn, Houston TX, US