The Mirror

Buck Meek announces his new album, The Mirror, out 27 February. As Pitchfork praises, Meek “specialises in a philosophical strain of songwriting,” which is evident across The Mirror. There’s a tender power, countered by immutable vulnerability. With an uncanny curiosity, he reveals the uniqueness in the mundane. The album searches for new meaning and the familiar is reframed through Meek’s singular voice.

Emerging from a decade of work together in Big Thief, the partnership of Meek and producer James Krivchenia the idea of The Mirror arrived from wanting to combine the band’s live, kinetic energy with an oblique electronic world. From production projects including Big Thief’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You and his recent solo record, Performing Belief, Krivchenia’s work is enlivened through electronic elements, always seeking to deepen sound. 

For The Mirror, Meek and Krivchenia welcomed in friends, family, and longtime collaborators including Adrianne Lenker, who contributed vocals, Adam Brisbin on guitar, and Ken Woodward on bass. New creative partners and longtime friends like composer and ambient musician Alex Somers joined in on synthesizer, toy microphone, an old piano, and Mary Lattimore brought in the sounds of her prismatic harp. A rotating cast of four drummers: Jesse Quebbeman-Turley, Jonathan Wilson, Kyle Crane, and Krivchenia provide a wide dynamic arc of grooves. Germaine Dunes, Staci Foster, Jolie Holland, and Lenker sing as a choir on many songs. Meek’s brother, Dylan Meek contributed piano, keys, and vocals. Adrian Olsen created a wide range of sounds and melodies with modular synths.

Released: February 2026
Cat: 4AD0870LP
Label: 4AD

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