"It's a July morning somewhere in California. Adrianne Lenker, 34, Buck Meek, 38, and James Krivchenia, 36, the three members of Big Thief, are sitting on the floor of a room. Three rooms, actually, as each has a small screen on the video call. The purpose of the conversation is to present their new album, Double Infinity, released on September 5. With it, they continue to expand and redefine the unique alt-indie folk sound that made them known six albums ago."
"That gravitational effect, on Double Infinity, also takes the form of a kind of trance. A seven-minute track like No Fear is practically a soundscape. In a lot of the songs we recorded, there are 11 people playing at once, Lenker notes. And with No Fear, the original cut was 15, and we ended up recording a 45. It was really like entering a trance, says Meek. They played in a circle, adds Lenker."
Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek and James Krivchenia present Double Infinity, released September 5. The record builds on earlier work while expanding the band's alt-indie folk toward trance-like soundscapes. Long pieces such as the seven-minute "No Fear" function as immersive soundscapes. Many recordings feature large ensembles — often eleven musicians at once, with initial cuts growing from fifteen to forty-five minutes in sessions described as entering a trance. Performers recorded in a circle without detailed instructions, using only the song's base, producing controlled chaos and new textures. The songwriting process follows a gravitational pull that groups songs into an album shape over time.
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