Big Thief has announced their sixth studio album, Double Infinity, out September 5th via 4AD, and share lead single and album opener, “Incomprehensible.”
Double Infinity is the follow-up to 2022’s Grammy-nominated album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, and 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.
“How can beauty that is living be anything but true?” Adrianne asks as she drives nose against the future with childhood mementos on lead single “Incomprehensible.” She understands “everything I see from now on will be something new.” The silver hairs on her shoulders are new as well. Yet fear of aging is cracked by proof. If a life is shaped by living, “Let gravity be my sculptor, let the wind do my hair.” Being born, then staying a while, remains the greatest mystery. Adrianne claims her place and time. “Incomprehensible, let me be.”
Double Infinity will be released digitally and on cassette, CD, and standard black vinyl. Limited green and ‘Sparkle Universe’ vinyl editions. For pre-order information, head here.
To celebrate the release of Double Infinity, Big Thief will embark on the first leg of their Somersault Slide 360 Tour. The extensive tour – their first US shows in over a year – kicks off in September and 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.
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DOUBLE INFINITY TRACKLIST:
1. Incomprehensible
2. Words
3. Los Angeles
4. All Night All Day
5. Double Infinity
6. No Fear
7. Grandmother
8. Happy With You
9. How Could I Have Known
BIG THIEF TOUR DATES:
Wed. Sept. 17 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24
Fri. Sept. 19 – Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield
Sun. Sept. 21 – Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field
Mon. Sept. 22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series
Thu. Sept. 25 – Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre
Sat. Sept. 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
Sun. Sept. 28 – San Diego, CA @ Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
Wed. Oct. 1 – Mexico City, MX @ Teatro Metropolitan
Mon. Oct. 20 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
Tue. Oct. 21 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall
Wed. Oct. 22 – Philadelphia, PA @The Met
Fri. Oct. 24 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
Sat. Oct. 25 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
Wed. Oct. 29 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
Thu. Oct. 30 – Atlanta, GA @ The Fox Theatre
Fri. Oct. 31 – New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
Mon. Nov. 3 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
Tue. Nov. 4 – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
Wed. Nov. 5 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
Fri. Nov. 7 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Lawn
