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Big Thief share two new songs

Listen to ‘Little Things’ and ‘Sparrow’ now.

Photo: Alexa Viscius

10th August 2021

Spoiling us today, Big Thief have shared two brand new songs, ‘Little Things’ and ‘Sparrow’, marking their first new material since 2019 album ‘Two Hands’.

Produced by Big Thief’s drummer James Krivchenia, he says of ‘Little Things’, “It’s in this sort of evolving free time signature where the beat is always changing, so Max [Oleartchik, bassist] and I were just flowing with it and guessing where the downbeats were - which gives the groove a really cool light feeling.”

“We all just scattered about the room without headphones, focused and in the music - you could feel that something special was happening,” he adds about making ‘Sparrow’. “It was a funny instrumentation that had a really cool natural arrangement chemistry - Max on piano, Buck [Meek, guitarist/vocalist] providing this dark ambience, me on floor tom and snare and Adrianne in the middle of it with the acoustic and singing.”

Have a listen below!

See Big Thief live at the following dates:

SEPTEMBER
07 – LOUISVILLE, KY, Headliners Music Hall
08 – INDIANAPOLIS, IN, HI-FI SOLD OUT
10 – CHICAGO, IL, Pitchfork Music Festival
11 – ST. LOUIS, MO, The Pageant
12 – LAWRENCE, KS, Liberty Hall
14 – DALLAS, TX, Granada Theater
15 – AUSTIN, TX, ACL Live at the Moody Theater
17 – HOUSTON, TX, White Oak Music Hall Downstairs
18 – NEW ORLEANS, LA, Civic Theatre
20 – NASHVILLE, TN, Ryman Auditorium
21 – ATLANTA, GA, The Eastern
22 – RALEIGH, NC, North Caroline Museum of Art
24 – RICHMOND, VA, The National
25 – QUEENS, NY, The Governors Ball Music Festival
27 – BUFFALO, NY, Asbury Hall
28 – SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT, Higher Ground SOLD OUT
30 – NORTHAMPTON, MA, Pines Theatre SOLD OUT

OCTOBER
01 – PHILADELPHIA, PA, Union Transfer SOLD OUT
02 – PHILADELPHIA, PA, Union Transfer SOLD OUT

JANUARY
31 – LILLE, FR, Aeronef

FEBRUARY
01 – PARIS, FR, La Cigale
04 – BORDEAUX, FR, Rock School Barbey
05 – BARCELONA, ES, Sala Apolo
07 – LYON, FR, Le Transbordeur
08 – STRASBOURG, FR, La Laiterie
09 – ZURICH, CH, Kaufleuten
10 – MUNICH, DE, Muffathalle
12 – PRAGUE, CZ, MeetFactory
13 – BERLIN, DE, Huxleys
15 – COPENHAGEN, DK, VEGA
16 – HAMBURG, DE, Fabrik
18 – COLOGNE, DE, Live Music Hall
19 – BRUSSELS, BE, Cirque Royal
21 – UTRECHT, NL, Ronda
22 – GRONINGEN, NL, De Oosterpoort
24 – MANCHESTER, GB, Manchester Academy 1
25 – GLASGOW, GB, Barrowland
26 – DUBLIN, IE, National Stadium
27 – BRISTOL, GB, O2 Academy Bristol