Marika Hackman will release her self-produced album Big Sigh on January 12th, ahead of the album’s arrival, the multi-artist shares the single “The Yellow Mile.” The song finds Marika wanting to feel small again, as she explains, “I wanted to go back to my roots as a songwriter, me and a guitar, crafted, very immediate.” The track arrives alongside an unsettling video co-directed by Marika and Nàtalia Pàges that sees Marika being buried alive.

Big Sigh, Marika Hackman’s first album in four years, is the “hardest record” Marika has ever made and is, as its title suggests, a release of sorts. With the release of her 2019 album Any Human Friend, Marika felt liberated and began embracing her queer identity and sexuality in a big way. But lockdown in 2020 soon left her stifled and isolated, unable to craft a fully formed song, and wondering if she’d ever write again. After a hard-fought journey back from a lengthy creative dry spell, Marika brings us Big Sigh, which she co-produced with Sam Petts-Davies [Thom Yorke, Warpaint] and long-term collaborator Charlie Andrew (Alt-J). She also performed every element of the record, save for the brass and strings. Big Sigh finds Marika venturing into fresh terrain, with a constant tug between organic instrumentation and the harsher dynamics of synthetic distortion. It’s like walking into an abandoned industrial wasteland covered in poison ivy, with a blend of sadness, stress and lust, but mostly – and crucially – relief.

Marika Hackman
Big Sigh
Tracklist

The Ground
No Caffeine
Big Sigh
Blood
Hanging
The Lonely House
Vitamins
Slime
Please Don’t Be So Kind
The Yellow Mile

Maika Hackman 2024 Tour Dates

January 12 – Resident Brighton – instore & signing ^
January 13 – Rough Trade East – instore & signing *
January 15 – Rough Trade Nottingham – instore & signing ^
January 16 – Rough Trade Bristol – instore & signing ^
January 17 – Banquet Kingston – instore & signing ^

*band show
^ intimate solo acoustic set

UK / EU Headline Dates
March 12 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Oran Mor
March 14 – Manchester, England @ Gorilla
March 15 – Leeds, England @ The Wardrobe
March 16 – Newcastle upon Tyne, England @ The Cluny
March 18 – Brighton, England @ Concorde 2
March 19 – Birmingham, England @ Castle & Falcon
March 20 – Bristol, England @ Strange Brew
March 21 – London, England @ Hackney Church
April 8 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
April 9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Tolhuistuin
April 11 – Berlin, Germany @ Hole44
April 12 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
April 14 – Cologne, Germany @ Artheater
April 15 – Paris, France @ Petit Bain

Pre-order Big Sigh by Marika Hackman HERE