Buck Meek of Big Thief has announced a new album called The Mirror. The follow-up to 2023’s Haunted Mountain is set for release on February 27 via 4AD. It’s led by the freewheeling single ‘Gasoline’, in which Meek sings, “Making words up while we made love/ One month and she’s in my blood.” It comes with a music video by director Noel Paul. Check it out below.
The Mirror finds Meek collaborating with his Big Thief bandmate James Krivchenia on production, and it features longtime collaborators including Adrianne Lenker on vocals, Adam Brisbin on guitar, and Ken Woodward on bass. Composer and ambient musician Alex Somers contributed synthesizer, toy microphone, and an old piano; Mary Lattimore played harp; Adrian Olsen created sounds and melodies using modular synths.
The record’s rotating cast of four drummers included Jesse Quebbeman-Turley, Jonathan Wilson, Kyle Crane, and Krivchenia, while Germaine Dunes, Staci Foster, Jolie Holland, and Lenker sang as a choir on multiple songs. The album was recorded in Meek and Dunes’ Los Angeles log cabin studio, Ringo Bingo, with Meek recording vocals outdoors on the front porch as the band played inside. Meek’s brother, Dylan Meek, contributed piano, keys, and vocals.
Big Thief released their most recent album, Double Infinity, last year.
The Mirror Cover Artwork:
The Mirror Tracklist:
1. Gasoline
2. Pretty Flowers
3. Can I Mend It?
4. Ring of Fire
5. Demon
6. God Knows Why
7. Heart In The Mirror
8. Worms
9. Soul Feeling
10. Deja Vu
11. Outta Body
