Big Thief « Somersault Slide 360 Tour »

Big Thief brings the Somersault Slide 360 Tour to L’Olympia, Montréal, on 4 August 2026. Formed in Brooklyn in 2015 around singer-guitarist Adrianne Lenker, the quartet — with Buck Meek on guitar, Max Oleartchik on bass and James Krivchenia on drums — moves between intimate folk and raw, electric edges with a stripped-back sense of dynamics. On stage, songs can shift shape: a hushed melody opens into a rougher guitar surge, then drops back to a pulse that leaves space for Lenker’s words to land.

The set draws a line through their catalogue: the grounded immediacy of Masterpiece and Capacity, the mistier textures of U.F.O.F., the direct punch of Two Hands, and the broader palette of Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You. What stands out live is the interaction: Meek’s bright, fingerpicked phrases shadowing Lenker’s voice, Oleartchik’s bass sketching subtle counter-melodies, Krivchenia nudging the tempo from slow-burn to tight, percussive bursts. The Somersault Slide 360 Tour leans on that range, letting new songs sit next to earlier staples in a flow that keeps the focus on the band’s chemistry.