Michael Franti’s new album with Spearhead was released last week. 

‘Big Big Love’ is a seventeen-song album to accompany you through the “highs and lows of life”, as Franti puts it. 

In the post announcing its release Franti said the central theme of the album was “togetherness.” 

“Togetherness is the central theme in all the songs on this record. How do we get that feeling of togetherness, that feeling of closeness, that we so often overlooked and took for granted, but now has become so important? Not only just in terms of how we interact with each other in our neighborhoods or our personal relationships, but on a worldwide scale. How do we bridge these gaps so that people can feel close to one another again? 

There are forces in the world that use our division to achieve their greedy goals, their political aims, or just to divide people because they want to try to take advantage of it. I want to really use my music and my time in my life to bring closeness to people and help them feel like they’re not alone in this world.” 

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