Big Big Train – Woodcut (CD+BluRay Mediabook - EU Import)
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February 6, 2026 sees award-winning, international progressive rock band Big Big Train issuing their 16th studio album. Woodcut is a landmark release for the international group, whose line-up draws together members from England, Scotland, Italy, the USA, Sweden, and Norway. This marks their first ever full-length conceptual piece - quite a statement given the musical depth and storytelling qualities of a band formed in Bournemouth way back in 1990. Woodcut is a continuous narrative exploring creativity, sacrifice, and the thin line between inspiration and madness.
Bassist Gregory Spawton comments: " Woodcut tells the story of a character we call The Artist, who is struggling with his creativity and with life. One day he is able to fashion a woodcut which he considers to be and beautiful and different. Maybe it's a dream or maybe it's real life, but he finds himself stepping into the woodcut scene and into an alternative world."
Woodcut sees all seven members making stunning contributions, with frontman Alberto Bravin taking the lead as producer: "This time it's kind of a new statement for the band. Woodcut is a big step forward for us," Bravin comments. With more than 400 individual recorded tracks of music to edit, streamline and piece together, and also with the connectivity of the album's storyline and its themed instrumental sections, this was a task of gargantuan proportions.
"I felt a huge sense of relief when Alberto took over as producer," says Spawton, the band's final original co-founding member. "Although this is only Alberto's second studio album with BBT, he is very aware of the traditions of the band and has also brought his own sense of energy to the music."
Woodcut feels like a Big Big Train record quite unlike any that came before - an assured union of music, storytelling, and visual invention. The album is grace with a striking cover design from Dorset (England) based artist Robin Mackenzie - a black and white woodcut print, of course, derived from a woodcut which the band commissioned from him specifically for the album.
Featuring 16 tracks across 66 minutes of music, Woodcut feels epic without outstaying its welcome. From the intimacy of Inkwell Black to the grandeur of Counting Stars, Woodcut is a defiant analogue statement in a digital age - a handcrafted, deeply human exploration of art, faith, and endurance.
Woodcut will be available at The Band Wagon USA as a Standard CD Jewelcase, VERY Limited CD + Blu-ray Mediabook (feat. Dolby Atmos & 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Shawn Dealey of Sweetwater Studios and extensive line notes), Limited CD + Blu-ray Digipack (feat. Dolby Atmos & 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Shawn Dealey of Sweetwater Studios and extensive line notes), and stunning Hawthorn White Gatefold 180g 2LP with special embossed cover.
The first 400 pre-orders at The Band Wagon USA will receive a special postcard autographed by reg Spawton and Alberto Bravin. 1 postcard per order.
Watch the first single The Artist here:
BIG BIG TRAIN - The Artist (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Tracks:
- Inkwell Black
- The Artist
- The Lie of the Land
- The Sharpest Blade
- Albion Press
- Arcadia
- Second Press
- Warp and Weft
- Chimaera
- Dead Point
- Light Without Heat
- Dreams in Black and White
- Cut and Run
- Hawthorn White
- Counting Stars
- Last Stand
Format: CD+BluRay Mediabook
Artist: Big Big Train
Release Date: February 6, 2026