Big Thief Debut Surprise New Triple Album Horsepower With Special Guests At The Ryman

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Adrianne Lenker wasted no time telling 2,400 Big Thief fans that this was not, in fact, the show they expected to see. "We have a special night for you," she said as Big Thief took seats around a large wooden table onstage, then quipped: "If you had hopes of hearing songs you know, those can be discarded." Instead, Lenker matter-of-factly explained that Big Thief had convened in Nashville in May to record a triple album called Horsepower. She didn't divulge any release details, but suddenly the weekend's shows at Nashville's hallowed Ryman Auditorium were something else entirely: the band and various guests playing through the whole album, in a sprawling three-hour show, filmed for future release.

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• She didn't divulge any release details, but suddenly the weekend's shows at Nashville's hallowed Ryman Auditorium were something else entirely: the band and various guests playing through the whole album,...

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"We have a special night for you," she said as Big Thief took seats around a large wooden table onstage, then quipped: "If you had hopes of hearing songs you know, those can be discarded." Instead, Lenker matter-of-factly explained that Big Thief had convened in Nashville in May to record a triple album called Horsepower.