Double Infinity
A sprawling, collaborative evolution of indie rock. Hypnotic drones, live room clatter, and existential warmth recorded in the heart of Manhattan.
A sprawling, collaborative evolution of indie rock. Hypnotic drones, live room clatter, and existential warmth recorded in the heart of Manhattan.
Communal transition
A warm hum of tube amps and the clatter of drumsticks on a wooden floor fill the quiet spaces between these songs. Recorded live in a single Manhattan room, the music breathes with the loose, creaking friction of four people playing in a circle. Drones hover like dust motes in late afternoon light while acoustic guitars scrape against sharp electric feedback. It feels less like a polished statement and more like overhearing a private, late-night conversation.
The songwriting shifts its gaze outward to the cosmos, leaning into existential themes that transform quiet, late-night wonderings into a shared communal liturgy.
Critics warmly embraced the band’s sixth album, celebrating how they navigate their transition to a trio with a polished yet wonderfully intuitive and collaborative chemistry. Reviewers were broadly charmed by the record's rich, inviting textures, finding its expansive and flowing atmosphere to be a deeply comforting experience.
“The band sheds their usual ragged, rustic style in favor of a more polished approach”Read review
“No doubt Lenker’s and Meek’s partnership has resulted in initially unforeseen peaks. The unfocused Double Infinity just doesn’t happen to be one of them”Read review
“One of the best bands around travels wide-open inner spaces on their spellbinding sixth album Double Infinity”Read review
“There is no doubt that ‘Double Infinity’ will be a milestone release for Big Thief – for the band’s past, present, and future”Read review
“The cosmic folk band’s sixth album is their first as a trio. But they still sound loose, chaotic, and intuitive as ever”Read review
“On Double Infinity, Big Thief return as a trio to deliver their loosest compositions and some of their most moving work to date”Read review
“The first record since their longtime bassist’s departure opens new doors for unexpected guests – and a rich blend of sounds”Read review
“At just nine tracks, the Brooklyn band’s first record without co-founder and bassist Max Oleartchik is more compact than the sprawling Dragon New Warm Mountain, I Believe in You but still enchants with its unflinchingly hopeful perspective”Read review
“They’re uber talented musicians with more chemistry than most marriages of people I know, so it’s always a joyful experience to hear them go at it again”Read review
“A kaleidoscopic view on 60s-inspired psychedelic, rock/country-tinged folk music”Read review
“While Double Infinity is an album more likely to wash over listeners than stick, its collaborative, impromptu spirit has infectious qualities of its own, and it’s interesting to hear that the band expanded outward instead shrinking with the first departure of a member”Read review
“It’s their most gentle collection of music so far, and yet, that heaviness the band initially longed for permeates the album”Read review
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