Crooked Fingers Announce New Album 'Swet Deth': Hear "Cold Waves" Feat. Mac McCaughan

Crooked Fingers Previews First New Album In 15 Years With 'Cold Waves' Feat Superchunk's Mac McCaughan

Crooked Fingers, the long-running moniker for the legendary Eric Bachmann's output from 1998-2016, is back

Crooked Fingers Announce New Album Featuring Sharon Van Etten, Matt Berninger, and Mac McCaughan

Crooked Fingers have announced their first album in nearly 15 years. Swet Deth, the follow-up to 2011’s Breaks in the Armor, is set for release on February 27 via Merge. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the anthemic new single ‘Cold Waves’, which features label head Mac McCaughan (of Superchunk). Check it out below. Reflecting on ‘Cold Waves’, Eric Bachmann said in a statement: “I dreamed of a beautiful, colossal, six-winged inamor…

Crooked Fingers Returns With "Cold Waves," Announces New Album

We know it’s a bit early to check your 2026 bingo cards, but if you had “beloved indie rock project returns from hiatus” on yours, feel free to mark it off: Crooked Fingers, the long-running moniker for the legendary Eric Bachmann’s output from 1998-2016, is back. On February 27, 2026, Crooked Fingers will release Swet Deth, their first […]

Crooked Fingers Announce New Album 'Swet Deth': Hear "Cold Waves" Feat. Mac McCaughan

Eric Bachmann hasn’t released an album under his Crooked Fingers moniker in nearly 15 years, but that’s about to change soon. Today the Archers Of Loaf frontman has announced Swet Deth, his first Crooked Fingers album since 2011’s Breaks In The Armor. Its lead single “Cold Waves” is out now ahead of the record’s February…