Big Thief‘s Buck Meek has shared another song off his upcoming solo album, Haunted Mountain. “Cyclades” is warm and weird Americana, colored in with subtle synths and Meek’s distinctive guitarwork and narrative lyricism. In this case, it’s about how Buck’s father once almost crashed his motorcycle into an elk. “These are all true stories, or at least as I was told, or remember them being told,” says Meek of the song. “There’s a thin line between history and mythology. Our lives are made of an endless myriad of unfinished stories, of every encounter of billions of people at the center of thousands of years in each direction. The telling is secondary.” Listen below.
Haunted Mountain is out August 25 via 4AD, and Buck has just announced an early winter 2024 tour that kicks off January 22 in Portland and wraps up February 4 in Pioneertown, CA. No East Coast dates have been announced yet, but Buck is playing a solo show at NYC’s Racket on October 27. All dates are listed below.
BUCK MEEK – 2023/2024 TOUR DATES
Fri. Aug. 18 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man Festival
Sat. Aug. 19 – Oslo, NO @ Langs Akerselva
Mon. Aug. 21 – Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade
Tue. Aug. 22 – Berlin, DE @ Kantine am Berghain
Wed. Aug. 23 – Groningen, NL @ Noorderzon Festival
Sat. Aug. 26 – Edinburgh, UK @ Summerhall
Sun. Aug. 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
Mon. Aug. 28 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Tue. Aug. 29 – Manchester, UK @ YES
Wed. Aug. 30 – London, UK @ Lafayette
Fri. Sept. 1 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
Sun. Sept. 3 – Vlieland, NL @ Into the Great Wide Open Festival
Tue. Sept. 5 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso | Tolhuistuin
Wed. Sept. 6 – Paris, FR @ Le Hasard Ludique
Tue. Sept. 12 – Milan, IT @ Magnolia Segrate *
Wed. Sept. 13 – Turin, IT @ Spazio211 *
Thu. Sept. 14 – Nyon, CH @ La Paranthese*
Sat. Sept. 16 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv Club *
Fri. Oct. 27 – New York, NY @ Racket
Tue. Dec. 12 – Seoul, KR @ CJ Azit
Thu. Dec. 14 – Tokyo, JP @ Www
Fri. Dec. 15 – Osaka, JP @ Compass
Wed. Jan. 17, 2024 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Thu. Jan. 18, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA @ Highland Park Ebell
Fri. Jan. 19, 2024 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
Sat. Jan. 20, 2024 – Healdsburg, CA @ Little Saint
Mon. Jan. 22, 2024 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Tue. Jan. 23, 2024 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Thu. Jan. 25, 2024 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Fri. Jan. 26, 2024 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Sat. Jan. 27, 2024 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall
Mon. Jan. 29, 2024 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head
Tue. Jan. 30, 2024- Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman Hall
Wed. Jan. 31, 2024 – Austin, TX @ Sagebrush
Fri. Feb. 2, 2024 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
Sat. Feb. 3, 2024 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Yucca North
Sun. Feb. 4, 2024 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s
* solo