The New York indie-folk trio released their sixth record, ‘Double Infinity,’ last year, and soon after its release, revealed they had already made their next studio album, telling fans it is “not what you expect”.
In fittingly surprising fashion, they debuted their next album at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Saturday night (August 22). Titled ‘Horsepower’, it’s a triple album and features Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, and Iris DeMent, all of whom joined the trio onstage.
Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia were also joined onstage by the wider band who worked on its creation, with Russ Pahl and Greg Leisz on pedal steel and guitar, and Hannah Read, Richard Bowden, and Zosha Warpeha on fiddle.
At the gig, Lenker explained that the record was made in Nashville last May, telling the crowd that while it would be played in its entirety, it would not be in sequence, per Rolling Stone.
Big Thief at the Ryman Auditorium played:
‘Horsepower’
‘Baby Honey Sweetheart Darlin’
‘Wait a While’
‘Space and Time’
’21’
‘Casual Touch’
‘Muscle Memory’
‘Highway’
‘Stay’
‘Carry’
‘Sadness as a Gift’
‘True Love’
‘Where Will We Go’
‘Beautiful World’
‘Faker’
‘Loneliest Boy’
‘Happiness’
‘Oldest’
‘Bright Future’
‘Beautiful Powerful’
‘Avalanche, Hurricane’
‘Snail’
‘Spatchcock Chickenshit Bingo’
‘Trade Tomorrow’
‘6-7-8-9 She’s Fine’
‘These Are the Days’
‘No Matter What’
‘Born For Loving You’
‘Gift Pleasure Joy’
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