BIG THIEF Announce New Album, Two Hands, Due 11 October

“Two Hands has the songs that I’m the most proud of; I can imagine myself singing them when I’m old,” says Adrianne. “Musically and lyrically, you can’t break it down much further than this. It’s already bare-bones.” Lyrically this can be felt in the poetic blur of the internal and external. These are political songs without political language. They explore the collective wounds of our Earth. Abstractions of the personal hint at war, environmental destruction, and the traumas that fuel it. Across the album, there are genuine attempts to point the listener towards the very real dangers that face our planet. When Adrianne sings “Please wake up,” she’s talking directly to the audience.

Engineer Dom Monks and producer Andrew Sarlo, who were both behind U.F.O.F., capture the live energy as instinctually and honestly as possible. Sarlo teamed up with James Krivchenia to mix the album, where they sought to emphasize raw power and direct energy inherent in the takes. The journey of a song from the stage to the record is often a difficult one. Big Thief’s advantage is their bond and loving centre as a chosen family. They spend almost 100% of their lives together working towards a sound that they all agree upon. A band with this level of togetherness is increasingly uncommon. If you ask drummer James Krivchenia, bassist Max Oleartchik or guitarist Buck Meek how they write their parts, they will describe—passionately—the experience of hearing Adrianne present a new song, listening intently for hints of parts that already exist in the ether and the undertones to draw out with their respective instruments.

With raw power and intimacy, Two Hands folds itself gracefully into Big Thief’s impressive discography. This body of work grows deeper and more inspiring with each new album.
Next week, on Monday 19th August, Big Thief will play a very special intimate show for fans at Bush Hall, London. To ensure fans are able to attend, the only way to get access to buy tickets is by signing up via No Purchase Necessary or pre-ordering Two Hands on any format via 4AD. Sign up or pre-order before Noon UK on Thursday 15th August to receive a unique code, with tickets on-sale from 10AM UK on Friday 16th.

For their upcoming North American and European shows, Big Thief will be partnering with Plus1. $1 from every ticket sold in the US will be going to benefit Little Kids Rock and Youth Speaks, while shows in Canada will benefit DANS LA RUE, Sketch, and UNYA. $1 from every ticket sold for the 2020 European dates will be going to benefit Hangarmusik , while the 2020 UK shows will benefit Girls Rock London (GRL!).

Praise for U.F.O.F.:

“A true masterpiece of folk music from a band working together at the highest level.” - Pitchfork (9.2, Best New Music)

"The impact is so quiet you might miss it, but it’s revelatory enough that you can’t escape it." - Rolling Stone ****

"U.F.O.F. doesn’t feel crafted, it feels invoked from the spaces between the four hearts involved" - The Wire

“Full of subtle charm, it’s an album of deceptive depths in which to immerse yourself.” - The Observer ****

"There's a mystical bind to U.F.O.F. that grips the listener and never lets go" - Uncut (9/10)

“This ought to be the ‘difficult’ third album, but it is their best yet.” - The Sun (4.5/5)

"Their most stylistically ambitious record yet." - Loud And Quiet (9/10)

"A record full of striking transitions and lucid dreaming." - MOJO ****

"A profound and poised third album" - Record Collector ****

“A beguiling, constantly surprising record.” - Q ****

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