Release Date: 27/02/26
Buck Meek returns with The Mirror, his 4AD album that showcases a philosophical strain of songwriting marked by tender power, vulnerability, and an uncanny curiosity for the everyday. Love and devotion run through these songs—equal parts ache and grin—with the luminous lead single Gasoline as a centerpiece. Produced by James Krivchenia, The Mirror captures a live, kinetic band feel while weaving in oblique electronic textures. Instruments trigger modular synthesizers in real time, inviting spontaneous interplay. Recorded at Meek and Germaine Dunes’ Los Angeles log-cabin studio, Ringo Bingo, Meek even tracked vocals on the front porch while the band played inside, lending an intimate immediacy to the record. The album features an extended family of collaborators: Adrianne Lenker (vocals), Adam Brisbin (guitar), Ken Woodward (bass), Alex Somers (synths, toy microphone, piano), Mary Lattimore (harp), drummers Jesse Quebbeman-Turley, Jonathan Wilson, Kyle Crane, and Krivchenia, a choir of Germaine Dunes, Staci Foster, Jolie Holland, and Lenker, plus Dylan Meek (piano, keys, vocals) and Adrian Olsen (modular synths). Tracklist: 1. Gasoline 2. Pretty Flowers 3. Can I Mend It? 4. Ring of Fire 5. Demon 6. God Knows Why 7. Heart In The Mirror 8. Worms 9. Soul Feeling 10. Deja Vu 11. Outta Body
Buck Meek returns with The Mirror, his 4AD album that showcases a philosophical strain of songwriting marked by tender power, vulnerability, and an uncanny curiosity for the everyday. Love and devotion run through these songs—equal parts ache and grin—with the luminous lead single Gasoline as a centerpiece. Produced by James Krivchenia, The Mirror captures a live, kinetic band feel while weaving in oblique electronic textures. Instruments trigger modular synthesizers in real time, inviting spontaneous interplay. Recorded at Meek and Germaine Dunes’ Los Angeles log-cabin studio, Ringo Bingo, Meek even tracked vocals on the front porch while the band played inside, lending an intimate immediacy to the record. The album features an extended family of collaborators: Adrianne Lenker (vocals), Adam Brisbin (guitar), Ken Woodward (bass), Alex Somers (synths, toy microphone, piano), Mary Lattimore (harp), drummers Jesse Quebbeman-Turley, Jonathan Wilson, Kyle Crane, and Krivchenia, a choir of Germaine Dunes, Staci Foster, Jolie Holland, and Lenker, plus Dylan Meek (piano, keys, vocals) and Adrian Olsen (modular synths). Tracklist: 1. Gasoline 2. Pretty Flowers 3. Can I Mend It? 4. Ring of Fire 5. Demon 6. God Knows Why 7. Heart In The Mirror 8. Worms 9. Soul Feeling 10. Deja Vu 11. Outta Body