Mgmt/Licensing Inquiries: Keith@redlightmanagement.com

Booking US: jmoss@paradigmagency.com / j.kupperman@paradigmagency.com
Booking EU: guillaume@atc-live.com

PR: agreenberg@falconpublicity.com

30 miles west of El Paso, surrounded by 3,000 acres of pecan orchards and only a stone’s throw from the Mexican border, the band Big Thief (a.k.a. Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Max Oleartchik, and James Krivchenia) set up their instruments as close together as possible to capture their most important collection of songs yet. The band had only just finished work on their 3rd album, U.F.O.F. -“the celestial twin”- days before in a cabin studio in the woods of Washington State. Now it was time to birth U.F.O.F.’s sister album -“the earth twin”- Two Hands. 

In sharp contrast to the wet environment of the U.F.O.F. session, the southwestern Sonic Ranch studio was chosen for its vast desert location. The 105-degree weather boiled away any clinging memories of the green trees and wet air of the previous session. Two Hands had to be completely different— an album about the Earth and the bones beneath it. The songs were recorded live with almost no overdubs. All but two songs feature entirely live vocal takes, leaving Adrianne’s voice suspended above the mix in dry air, raw and vulnerable as ever. Where U.F.O.F. layered mysterious sounds and effects for levitation, Two Hands grounds itself on dried-out, cracked desert dirt. 

Anybody who has borne witness to Big Thief in the wild will find songs they recognize here. Much of the album’s tracks (“The Toy”, “Those Girls”, “Shoulders”, “Not”, “Cut My Hair”) have been live staples for years. “Two Hands has the songs that I’m the most proud of; I can imagine myself singing them when I’m old,” says Adrianne. “Musically and lyrically, you can’t break it down much further than this. It’s already bare-bones.” 

Lyrically this can be felt in the poetic blur of the internal and external. These are political songs without political language. They explore the collective wounds of our Earth. Abstractions of the personal hint at war, environmental destruction, and the traumas that fuel it. Lyrics like “And the blood of the man who killed my mother with his hands is in me/ it’s in me/ in my veins” are genuine attempts to point the listener towards the very real dangers that face our mother planet. When Adrianne sings “Please wake up,” she’s talking directly to the audience. “Attention is power,” she says. “I believe you can manifest something on the other side of the world just by using your power well.” 

Engineer Dom Monks and producer Andrew Sarlo, who were both behind U.F.O.F., capture the live energy as instinctually and honestly as possible. Sarlo teamed up with James Krivchenia to mix the album, where they sought to emphasize raw power and direct energy inherent in the takes. The journey of a song from the stage to the record is often a difficult one. Big Thief’s advantage is their bond and loving center as a chosen family. They spend almost 100% of their lives together working towards a sound that they all agree upon. A band with this level of togetherness is increasingly uncommon. If you ask drummer James Krivchenia, bassist Max Oleartchik or guitarist Buck Meek how they write their parts, they will describe—passionately—the experience of hearing Adrianne present a new song, listening intently for hints of parts that already exist in the ether and the undertones to draw out with their respective instruments. It is an honor to give life to these intricacies. 

With raw power and intimacy, Two Hands folds itself gracefully into Big Thief’s impressive discography. This body of work grows deeper and more inspiring with each new album. While you listen, let your own two hands rest in front of your body with palms facing inward and see what power grows between them.

Booking requests: stefanie.yang.ch@gmail.com

Next Gigs:
23.12.22 Friedas Büxe, Zürich
24.12.22 Hive Club, Zürich
29.12.22 Dracs Club, St. Moritz
1.1.23 Secret Mountain, Davos
6.1.23 Friedas Büxe, Zürich

Past Gigs:
12.8.18 Lethargy / Zürich
27.8.18 Burning man / Black rock city, Camp Ataraxia
11.9.18 Pattern Bar / Los Angeles
22.9.18 Privat Party / Los Angeles
6.12.18 Cimino Launch Party / Los Angeles
1.2.19 Pattern Bar/ Los Angeles
15.3.19 Privat party / Los Angeles
7.7.19 Tree Festival Zürifescht 7-9pm
8.7.19 Unfug & Liebe Zürifescht Schipfe
10.8.19 Privat Rooftop party Streetparade, Zürich
24.8.19 Hive Club, Zürich with Dominik Eulberg
31.8.19 The Tree Openair, Naturklang /Männedorf
15.9.19 Sunntigstanz with Sven Dohse, Kauz Club Zürich
21.9.19 Nordstern Basel with Matthew Dekay
13.11.19 Privat Party Lenzerheide/Guarda val
30.11.19 Fressbalken Würenlos
4.1.20 Friedas Büxe / Zürich
17.1.20 Klaus Club Zürich
8.2.20 Makadam/Zürich
16.2.20 Sunntigstanz Kauz/Zürich
28.2.20 Friedas Büxe/Zürich
6.6.20 Amboss Rampe, Zürich
27.6.20 Rooftop party Studio89, Zürich
11.7.20 Privat party, Ibergeregg, CH
25.7.20 Klaus Club, Zürich
4.9.20 Unfug & Liebe, Freidas Büxe, Zürich
9.10.20 Kiki, Friedas Büxe, Zürich
17.7.21 Privatparty, Klosters
24.7.21 Privat Event, Zürich
4.9.21 Kiki, samigo Zürich
11.9.21 Vintage pop up, Zürich
25.9.21 Klaus, Zürich
23.10.21 Schatzalp <3, Davos
3.12.21 Friedas Büxe, Zürich
11.12.21 Makadam with Simon, Zürich
18.12.21 Klaus, Zürich
15.1.22 Klaus, Zürich
22.1.22 Hive, Zürich
28.1.22 Friedas Büxe, Zürich
12.2.22 Zukunft, Zürich
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Nigerian-born, UK-based singer/songwriter Jacob Banks moved to Birmingham at the age of 13, and began singing, playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 20. He got his start recording songs for friends to listen to in their cars and hitting the open mic circuit before self-releasing his first EP The Monologue in 2013.

Jacob has since released independent EP The Paradox and made his debut on Interscope Records with The Boy Who Cried Freedom EP.  His track “Worthy” has surpassed 5 million streams on Spotify, and his music has been praised by everyone from The New York Times to Vogue, with Time recognizing “Chainsmoking” as one of the “Best Songs of 2017 So Far” and The FADER naming “Mercy” one of their “Songs You Need in Your Life This Week.”

Having supported the likes of Alicia Keys, Sam Smith and Emeli Sandé on tour in the UK, Jacob is now playing to festival crowds around the world including including Lollapalooza, Firefly, Outsidelands and Austin City Limits in the US. The New York Times named Jacob one of “12 Notable Acts” at SXSW.  This fall, Jacob will embark on his headlining North American Into the Wild tour. The tour will kick off with a show at LA’s The Roxy on November 2nd, which sold out 3 months in advance, and will run through December 5th in Atlanta. Jacob is also gearing up to release new music imminently.

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