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Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has shared "Fool," taken from her upcoming solo album Bright Future. Scroll down to see a video, directed by Lenker's brother, Noah, now.

Adrianne Lenker has announced her new solo record ‘Bright Future’ and has shared a new single, ‘Sadness As A Gift’.The Big Thief vocalist and guitarist will release her sixth solo record, having previously shared the minimalistic lead single ‘Ruined’. Lenker’s album will also feature the original recording of ‘Vampire Empire’, which she first released with Big Thief last year.Now, the singer has unveiled her new song ‘Sadness As A Gift’, which is heavily inspired by country and folk. Listen to it below:Lenker has also spoken about her upcoming record, which will be released on March 22 via 4AD.

Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker has announced details of a new solo album. Bright Future will be released on March 22 via 4AD and includes the single "Sadness As A Gift." Scroll down to listen to that song now.

Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker has debuted a new single ‘Ruined’ and announced a 2024 UK and Europe tour.The track is set to become the lead single from Lenker’s forthcoming sixth solo album, which will land next year. No further details about the album have been revealed as of yet.‘Ruined’ sees Lenker move to the piano for the first time as she laments a conflicting romantic situation – “Can’t get enough of you/ You come around I’m ruined,” she sings.“This song has been a quiet beacon for me.

Queens Of The Stone Age, The Smile, The National and more have been added to the Øya Festival 2024 line-up.The bands join Norwegian pop singer Gabrielle, Idles, Loyle Carner, Big Thief, The Kills, Nia Archives, Overmono, Yussef Dayes, Alvvays, Blondshell, Yard Act and more.The new wave of acts follow the announcement of Pulp and PJ Harvey as the first headliners at the Oslo festival.The 25th-anniversary edition of the event takes place at Tøyenparken in Oslo, Norway between August 7 and 10. Week-long tickets are on sale now – you can buy yours here.A post shared by Øyafestivalen (@oyafestivalen)This year’s edition of Øya – which is billed as “the world’s greenest festival” – hosted the likes of Blur, Boygenius, Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Sigrid and Devo.In a four-star review of the 2023 instalment, NME wrote: “[Øya is] a beautiful, intimate, forward-thinking and friendly setting for good times, world firsts, and a taste of tomorrow from one of the music capitals of the world.

PJ Harvey has announced a show at London’s Gunnersbury Park for summer 2024.The artist will be performing her only London summer show of 2024 on Sunday, August 18, 2024. Tickets go on general sale this Friday, October 27 at 9am BST – you can purchase yours here.

Singer-songwriter and Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek has confirmed details of a new solo album. Haunted Mountain will be released on August 25 and today's announcement arrives alongside the album's title track.

Big Thief have announced plans for a world tour in 2023.The jaunt will include several dates in the UK which kick off at Gateshead Sage on April 5, along with further dates in Edinburgh, Manchester, and Cardiff, followed by two shows in London which wrap up at the Eventim Apollo on April 12.This will be followed a series of European dates throughout the rest of the month.Tickets for the UK shows go on sale this Friday (September 16) at 10am and can be purchased here. You can view the full list of UK and European dates below.Before that, the Brooklyn band will also be hitting the road for several US dates starting in Burlington Higher Ground on January 31.The tour will eventually wrap up in New York’s Radio City Music Hall on March 2.Tickets for those shows also go on sale at 10am local time on Friday and can be purchased here.

Big Thief performed an unreleased song called ‘Happiness’ during their recent appearance on NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ – watch below.The Brooklyn band played a four-song set for the long-running video series, including ‘Change’, ‘Dried Roses’ and ‘Certainty’ from their fifth studio album, this year’s ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’.Big Thief concluded the short gig by treating viewers to ‘Happiness’, a track that was first aired during the group’s 2020 European headline tour (via Setlist.FM).Filmed by Adam Gundersheimer and Vanessa Haddad, the latest ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ video sees Big Thief performing in a cosy attic room in a house in Connecticut.Bob Boilen, host and creator of NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’, said: “What we see in this ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ is playfulness substituting for the intensity that I normally find in Big Thief on a big stage.“There’s a bit of a ‘hold on to your hat’ feel here, with players watching each other for a possible surprise. Maybe it’s James Krivchenia’s banjo percussion, the galloping rhythm on ‘Certainty’ or how the four musicians sing aloud on a chorus; it is so much fun to see it all unfold.”Big Thief returned to the UK last month to play a show at Glastonbury 2022.

Big Thief have pulled out of two upcoming live shows in Israel and issued an apology for the “recklessness and naivete” of a statement they had previously shared defending the booking. Backlash to Big Thief's decision to play two shows in Tel Aviv in July began over the weekend with multiple social media users calling the band out for seemingly ignoring the BDS cultural boycott of Israel.

Big Thief have cancelled two shows in Tel Aviv, less than a week after they were first announced, following criticism over their decision to play in Israel.The band, who released new double album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ back in February, were set to play a pair of shows in bassist Max Oleartchick’s hometown on July 6 and 7.But today (June 9), they’ve confirmed that both shows will be cancelled.“We would like to start by clarifying a few things from our first post. When we spoke of loving ‘beyond disagreement’ and not knowing ‘where the moral high ground lies,’ that was in specific referred to playing shows in Israel during a time where BDS (The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is a Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel) is calling for a cultural boycott,” starts the post.

Big Thief have announced two gigs in Tel Aviv, Israel for next month, explaining the decision in a statement.The band, who released new double album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ back in February, will play a pair of shows in bassist Max Oleartchick’s hometown on July 6 and 7.Taking to Instagram to explain, they said: “We are excited to announce two shows in Max’s hometown, Tel Aviv, Israel on July 6th and 7th.“Accompanying this announcement, we would again like to clarify our motivations and intentions for playing in Tel Aviv, Israel, with as much transparency as possible.”They added: “Over the last seven years we’ve traveled constantly around 3 of our members’ home country, the United States, meeting each other’s families and childhood friends and sharing in the joys and sorrows of a complicated, beautiful and tumultuous home. We have grown so close.

Big Thief took to The Late, Late Show With James Corden to perform ‘Certainty’ last night – check it out below.‘Certainty’ is taken from Big Thief’s fifth album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, which was released in February.The performance on Corden rounds off a hat trick of late night American talk show appearances, with the band using the same living room practice space to air  ‘Spud Infinity’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and ‘Simulation Swarm‘ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.Watch ‘Certainty’ below: Big Thief are currently touring North America ahead of a string of UK and European festivals, including Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Best Kept Secret and Tempelhof Sounds. You can find the band’s full live schedule here.In a video message to fans though, frontwoman Adrianne Lenker has asked fans to stop talking through their support acts’ sets.“It’s really come forward in the last few days that: when music is happening in a room, there’s a performer on stage playing and doing their craft, when you enter into that space, try to be mindful of what’s happening and pay attention and don’t talk,” she said.Hello.

Big Thief frontwoman Adrianne Lenker has asked fans in a video message to stop talking through their support acts’ sets.The Brooklyn band are currently out on a North American headline tour in support of their fifth studio album, ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’, which came out in February via 4AD.Canadian musician and producer Kara-Lis Coverdale is currently opening for Big Thief at the ongoing concerts, per Stereogum.Earlier this week, Lenker took to Instagram to share a video message in which she outlined her “feelings r.e talking during openers and attention/creating respectful show environment in general”.“Hello, friends. Hello.

One of the most frustrating things about concerts by far is the amount of chatter that takes place during opening acts and watching how that affects the performing musicians. On Monday, Big Thief singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker shared an Instagram video addressing the issue titled "Feelings re talking during openers and attention in general." In the four-minute clip, Lenker encourages her fans to be more present and less talkative during concerts.

Big Thief performed their recent single ‘Spud Infinity’ on US TV last week – check out the video below.The Brooklyn band appeared as the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in support of their fifth studio album, ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’, which came out in February via 4AD.Big Theif didn’t appear in Fallon’s New York studio as is customary for the show’s live performers, but instead delivered a laid back rendition of ‘Spud Infinity’ from a bright living room.Tune in to the group’s recent Fallon appearance here:Big Thief are set to perform at a string of UK and European festivals this summer, including Glastonbury, Primavera Sound, Best Kept Secret and Tempelhof Sounds. You can find the band’s full live schedule here.Last month saw Big Thief wrap up a UK and Ireland headline tour, which included a four-night billing at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London.

James Krivchenia, drummer and producer in Big Thief, has announced details of a new solo album. Blood Karaoke will be released on April 15 via on Reading Group with today's announcement accompanied by the release of new song “Emissaries Of Creation.” Check that out below.

Big Thief have shared an immersive new studio video for their new track ‘Red Moon’ – check it out below.The track appears on the band’s 20-song new album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, which was released yesterday (February 11) via 4AD.The video, which sees Big Thief perform alongside Mat Davidson of the band Twain on fiddle, was shot by vocalist Adrianne Lenker’s brother Noah at Scott McMicken’s home studio in Tuscon, Arizona. It was one of four locations in which the band recorded the new album.The live take captured in the video is also the version that makes the final edit on the album.Check it out below.Reviewing ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, NME wrote: “There’s a certain looseness that suits Big Thief well across the whole record.

Big Thief have shared a new, stripped-back single, ‘Simulation Swarm’ – you can listen to it  below.The track is taken from the group’s upcoming 20-track new double album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’, which is set for release on February 11 via 4AD.It follows on from the last two songs shared by the band, ‘No Reason’ and ‘Spud Infinity’. Prior to that, the group released ‘Time Escaping’, ‘Change’, ‘Certainty’, ‘Little Things’ and ‘Sparrow’.While the latest release is a staple of the band’s live shows and a fan favourite, the song has never been released previously.Listen to it below:“One of the things that bonds us together as a band is pure magic,” lead vocalist Adrianne Lenker said in a statement recently about ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’.“I think we all have the same guide and none of us have ever spoken what it is because we couldn’t name it, but somehow, we are all going for the same thing, and when we hit it… we all know it’s it, but none of us to this day, or maybe ever, will be able to articulate in words what the ‘it’ is. Something about it is magic to me.” Big Thief will head out on a UK and European tour in 2022 in support of their upcoming new LP.

With less than a month to go before the release of their forthcoming album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Big Thief has shared a new single. Today, they share "Simulation Swarm," a previously unreleased track that's become a fan favorite at live shows.

Big Thief have released "No Reason" and "Spud Infinity," the sixth and seventh singles from their forthcoming album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, out February 11 via 4AD. Dragon was recorded in in four sessions across the country: in upstate New York, California's Topanga Canyon, Colorado's Rocky Mountains, and Tuscon, Arizona.