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Double Infinity is the follow-up to 2022’s Grammy-nominated album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, 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. 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 ‘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.”

STAFF COMMENTS

Liam says: Since the release of their 2020 opus 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You', a lot has happened to Big Thief. They've toured the globe non-stop, released various side-projects between them (with Lenker's incredible 'Bright Future' being one of our albums of 2024), but also had their long-serving bassist Max Oleartchik depart the band. But rather than let this affect them, Big Thief strived forward and invited a host of close collaborators and friends to create 'Double Infinity'.
Whilst 'Dragon New Warm Mountain...' acted as a best of as sorts - it saw Big Thief exploring every avenue of their repertoire with the utmost precision - 'Double Infinity' thrives within its looseness and collaborative energy. No more so than on the sweeping "Grandmother", which features New-Age legend Laraaji. Elsewhere, tracks like "All Day All Day", "Words" and "Happy With You" burst instrumentally with cosmic life, whilst the likes of "Incomprehensible", "Los Angeles" and "How Could I Have Known" are classic Big Thief - with the latter being one of their best tracks to date. Lenker also once again proves lyrically she's one of the finest songwriters of our generation. The way she creates these vivid vignettes with such ease and relatable intimacy is remarkable.
'Double Infinity' feels like the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Big Thief. A life-affirming record that examines love and, even though we might not always understand its various forms, the idea that it is the one constant we should all embrace in these ever challenging times.

TRACK LISTING

Incomprehensible
Words
Los Angeles
All Night All Day
Double Infinity
No Fear
Grandmother [ft. Laraaji]
Happy With You
How Could I Have Known