Big Wheel and Others is Cass McCombs‘ seventh-and-a-half album and will be released October 15th (October 14th in the rest of the world) on Domino Records.

Within his decade-long career, most recently releasing WIT’S END and Humor Risk in 2011, Big Wheel and Others is Cass McCombs’ most encompassing work to date, marking a bold new chapter in the myth of this fascinating and singular artist. It’s brimming with McCombs’ gift for evocative storytelling, discerning introspection, and heartrending melody delivered through a haze of mystery and romance.

Big Wheel and Others comprises twenty-two songs (or, as they are more often and unfortunately known in the After Compact Disc-hereafter “ACD” era-tracks). But “double album” implies bloat, prog, and concept, so, let’s stick with “songs.” Big Wheel and Others is a bundle, a bindle, a hay bale, and an oil barrel of songs. Some of the genres that are to be found in varying degrees in the songs on this album are: road songs, rock songs, folk songs, blues songs, country songs, rhythm and blues songs, skronk non-songs, cinema songs, cult songs, poem songs, jams, and ballads – to use however you wish.

Big Wheel and Others Tracklisting:

Disc 1:

01. Sean I

02. Big Wheel

03. Angel Blood

04. Morning Star

05. The Burning Of The Temple, 2012

06. Brighter!

07. There Can Be Only One

08. Name Written in Water

09. Joe Murder

10. Everything Has To Be Just-So

Disc 2:

01. It Means A Lot To Know You Care

02. Dealing

03. Sooner Cheat Death Than Fool Love

04. Satan Is My Toy

05. Sean II

06. Home On The Range

07. Brighter! (Featuring Karen Black)

08. Untitled Spain Song

09. Sean III

10. Honesty Is No Excuse

11. Aeon Of Aquarius Blues

12. Unearthed

Cass McCombs’ Tour dates:

Fri. 08-30 Salisbury, UK – End of the Road Festival

Mon. 09-02 Manchester, UK – Castle Hotel

Thu. 09-05 Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre

Fri. 09-06 Biddeford, ME – The Oak and the Ax

Sat. 09-07 Burlington, VT – Signal Kitchen

Sat. 09-14 Hudson, NY – Basilica Soundscape 2013

Mon. 01-13 London, UK – Queen Elizabeth Hall

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