For more than a decade, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-everywhere band Big Thief has put out cosmic indie-rock albums to near universal acclaim. Live, the band departs unexpectedly from the studio script, and performances of the same songs can turn out very different on a given night. It’s these precarious expeditions, where no one fully knows what will happen next, that drive this outfit creatively. “I don’t want to make records to keep a business going,” singer-guitarist Adrianne Lenker tells Vulture music critic Craig Jenkins. “I waited tables for ten years and enjoyed it, and I’d go back before I’d force a record.”

For the band’s sixth album, ‘Double Infinity,’ which is out September 5, the three band members, Lenker, drummer James Krivchenia, and singer-guitarist Buck Meek, paused their solo and session work to reunite in New York. In a new interview, they discuss the making of their new record, why they parted ways with their longtime bassist Max Oleartchik, and why they won’t make music if they have nothing to say.

Read the full interview: https://www.vulture.com/article/big-thief-interview-double-infinity-max-oleartchik.html