have launched an immersive live archive.

The new archive of in-concert recordings essentially traces their career, and it will come to map out Big Thief’s ongoing evolutions. As anyone who has been to one of their shows is aware, improvisation is key – the songs are the centre, but they are perpetually shifting.

has a prevailing love of Grateful Dead live releases, and the manner in which that band encouraged bootleggers to record and share their concerts. As it grows, the Big Thief Live Archive will allow fans to build their own sets, creating playlists of their favourite live takes across the ever growing collection of live shows.

The site will initially launch with 10 shows, captured live by the band’s front-of-house engineer  and monitor engineerand mixed by 4AD’s in-house engineer .

Now live, it opens with a version of ‘Incomprehensible’ recorded at Dublin’s 3Arena earlier this year.

Tune in now.