Fresh off the release of their sixth record, Double Infinity, Big Thief has shared a music video for their album track “Words.” In the short film, bandmates Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia are shown traveling through a range of settings, with a giant pencil held firmly in their grips.
“The finite meanings of our words encompass the boundaries of how we perceive reality. Yet… there are times when cosmic bubbles breach through our spirit’s wellspring and issue forth other sensations—glimmers of possibilities, ineffable vastness, and mystagogic connectedness beyond the horizon where language dissolves,” shares Noah Lenker, Adrianne’s brother and director of the psychedelic-tinged music video. “Do we wield words, or do our words wield us? And how may we reshape and shape anew words that will better aid us? Sometimes we must play with the letters of our alphabet soup, sometimes we must combust our pencils to then scribe novel glyphs of empowerment into the sands of time.”
Double Infinity dropped last Friday, September 5, via 4AD. Next week, Big Thief will kick off the U.S. leg of their Somersault Slide 360 Tour ahead of a newly confirmed slate of U.K. and European dates set for next Spring. You can find out more about the tour and explore ticketing options by visiting Big Thief’s official website.
Watch the official music video for “Words” below:
Big Thief’s 2025-2026 Somersault Slide 360 Tour Dates:
Sept. 17 – Sacramento, Calif. @ Channel 24 [SOLD OUT] %
Sept. 19 – Troutdale, Ore. @ Edgefield [SOLD OUT] %
Sept. 21 – Boise, Idaho @ Outlaw Field [SOLD OUT] %
Sept. 22 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Twilight Concert Series [SOLD OUT] %
Sept. 25 – Berkeley, Calif. @ The Greek Theatre &
Sept. 27 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl $
Sept. 28 – San Diego, Calif. @ Rady Shell at Jacobs Park &
Oct. 1 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Teatro Metropolitan
Oct. 20 – Portland, Maine @ State Theatre [SOLD OUT] ^
Oct. 21 – Boston, Mass. @ MGM Music Hall [SOLD OUT] ^
Oct. 22 – Philadelphia, Pa. @The Met [SOLD OUT] ^
Oct. 24 – Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem ^
Oct. 25 – Forest Hills, N.Y. @ Forest Hills Stadium ^
Oct. 29 – Raleigh, N.C. @ Red Hat Amphitheater ^
Oct. 30 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The Fox Theatre ^
Oct. 31 – New Orleans, La. @ Saenger Theatre ^
Nov. 3 – Tulsa, Okla. @ Cain’s Ballroom [SOLD OUT] ^
Nov. 4 – Dallas, Texas @ The Bomb Factory ^
Nov. 5 – Austin, Texas @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park ^
Nov. 7 – Houston, Texas @ White Oak Music Hall Lawn ^
April 8-9 – Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
April 10 – Stockholm, Sweden @ B-K
April 11 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ K.B. Hallen
April 13 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
April 14 – Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk
April 17-18 – Paris, France @ L’Olympia
April 21 – Amsterdam, Nethelands @ AFAS Live
April 23-25 – London, U.K. @ O2 Brixton Academy
April 29 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
May 27 – Manchester, U.K. @ Aviva Studios
May 30 – Glasgow, U.K. @ Barrowland Ballroom
June 2 – Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National
June 3 – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg @ den Atelier
June 14 – Milan, Italy @ Magnolia
June 15 – Munich, Germany @ Tonhalle
June 16 – Hamburg, Germany @ Große Freiheit 36
$ with Noname
% with Kiki Cavazos
& with Steven van Betten
^ with Lomelda
