Brooklyn’s folky indie rockers Big Thief are releasing their debut album Masterpiece on May 27 via Saddle Creek and today they shared another great heartfelt single off it, “Humans,” about the vulnerability that comes with falling in love.
Frontwoman Adrianne Lenker talked a little about the the song, saying:
That state of confusion immediately after you’ve been vulnerable with someone who sees you with total acceptance and unconditional love, and your veils and defenses dissolve piece by piece, until there is nothing left to hide behind. How treacherous that feels. Waking up the morning after and wanting to run away, panicking, but also feeling an instinctual need to grow past your own limitations. When you’re fooling yourself you can’t look in the mirror straight on, and when you can’t see yourself, you can’t see another, and you’re lost to love.
Listen to it below.
As mentioned, Big Thief are touring, including a show on Friday (4/29) at Palisades with Tiny Hazard, Sturle Dagsland and Happy You (tickets), and a then a record release show at Mercury Lounge on June 5 (tickets), not to mention supporting Lucius at Central Park SummerStage on September 23 (tickets).
Big Thief will also open for Nada Surf and M Ward on tour, but not in NYC. Updated tour dates are listed below.
https://soundcloud.com/saddlecreek/humans
Big Thief – 2016 Tour Dates
Wed. June 1 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/ Nada Surf, Birds of Youth
Thu. June 2 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live w/ Nada Surf, Birds of Youth
Sat. June 4 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club w/ Nada Surf, Birds of Youth
Sun. June 5 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge w/ Sam Evian, Twain, Tiny Hazards
Sat. June 11 – St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room w/ M. Ward
Sun. June 12 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall w/ M. Ward
Mon. June 13 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird w/ M. Ward
Thu. June 16 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall w/ M. Ward
Fri. June 17 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater w/ M. Ward
Fri. Sept. 23 – New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage w/ Lucius, JD McPherson