Big Thief
Double Infinity
Release Date: Sep 5, 2025
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: 4AD
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Album Review: Double Infinity by Big Thief
Very Good, Based on 9 Critics
Based on rating 9/10
Between producer and engineer Dom Monks' dense mix and contributions from at least 10 additional musicians -- including new age ambient veteran Laraaji (zither, vocals, piano) -- they've stirred up a soup of warm and strange sounds to soothe. Everyone is invited to be a part of this final front porch jamboree: a folky, incredibly primordial reflection on (and of) the world. The band had initially set out to make a "heavy rock" record after Oleartchik's departure.
Based on rating 4.4/5
A mind-expanding alteration for Big Thief. I'm not going to sit here and pretend like I'm some Big Thief fanboy because that just isn't accurate. Honestly, I got into Adrianne Lenker's solo stuff, courtesy of 2024's Bright Future, before I had the pleasure of hearing Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You. Adrianne's solo stuff took a while to grow on me, but once it did, it took me on an emotional rollercoaster.
Based on rating 4/5
After parting ways with their long-time bassist, indie-folk royalty Big Thief sees their folk-rock roots lulled to a low frequency, filtered through a more contemplative lens. With sparkly windchimes, we enter the woodsy gates of Double Infinity; alongside cascading guitars, Adrianne Lenker's airy vocals guiding us through memories on opener Incomprehensible, a hopeful ode to ageing. Lenker's acclaimed songwriting style is captured and bottled.
Based on rating 7/10
The right-honorable Lenker has fronted legendary indie-folk act Big Thief for a decade now, and has littered their release schedule with devastating, wondrous solo releases. I can look to her like previous generations did Joni & Dylan - a prophet and a herald for changing times. After releasing the magnum opus that was Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You in 2022, a 20-track expanse of folk, psychedelia, and natural wonder, Big Thief instead find themselves back where they were around 2016: pretty okay, lovingly serviceable.
Based on rating 6.5/10
Since 2022's Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Big Thief lost a member (in bassist Max Oleartchik), but gained an army of musical companions for Double Infinity. Primarily a result of extended jam sessions recorded earlier this year with no less than 10 musicians, Double Infinity is unfortunately a mixed bag. Head Thief Adrianne Lenker has undoubtedly earned the right to record what she wants, and through both full band and solo releases has established herself as one the century's preeminent and most prolific songwriters.
Based on rating 1/10
Big Thief return as a three-piece on their sixth studio album, Double Infinity. Only ten years ago, the former Berklee College of Music alumnae signed with Saddle Creek (eventually transitioning to 4AD) and were well on their way to becoming one of the biggest names in indie rock today. With the departure of bassist Max Oleartchik, Big Thief still feature original members Adrianne Lenker (vocals, guitar), Buck Meek (guitar, backing vocals), and James Krivchenia (drums), along with a host of studio musicians contributing bass, tape loops, keys, drones, and an assortment of other instruments.
Opinion: Absolutly essential
Double Infinity by Big Thief is the band's sixth LP, following last year's solo album Bright Future. It further proves Adrianne Lenker's standing as one of the great American songwriters of her generation. From feminist anthem Incomprehensible to the serene closer How Could I Have Known, Lenker's songs are steeped in found sounds, stray conversations and jams to create a heady, dreamlike atmosphere.
Opinion: Fantastic
On the face of it, it should have spelled trouble for Big Thief that they arrived at a studio in midtown Manhattan this past January without any clear idea of how a sixth album was going to take shape. For a band whose calling card has been intricate, inventive arrangements for as long as they've been making music, gearing up to record with plenty still be to worked out sounds like it should be anathema - but they needn't have worried. 'Double Infinity' is a gloriously satisfying record on which it feels like everything is in its right place; an album that on some songs features up to twelve players, but feels consistently intimate and laid-back.
Opinion: Excellent
At the bridge of two infinities, what's been lost and what lies waiting? ‘Double Infinity', Big Thief's sixth LP, offers an open-hearted, sprawling exploration of past, present and future. Fallen from consecutive time order, a span of intertwining moments and memories, people and places, dictate the pull and push of Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek and James Krivchenia across the album's nine tracks. It may be stripped back from the band's expansive, 20-song 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You', but is no less thorough in its observations; particularly of time, place, love and loss.
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