The Mirror

It adds up to a gorgeous album that overflows with easy-going energy.

After he works his way through songs with titles like "Can I Mend It?," "Worms," and "God Knows Why," most listeners will likely be willing to give the sometimes anti-hero a second chance thanks to his deep self-awareness, charming turns of phrase, intention to do the work, and expressions of seemingly genuine affection.

The Mirror radiates a collaborative spirit if curiosity, seeking - and finding - wonder and mystery in the everyday. [Mar 2025, p.103]

The Mirror is, in many ways, peek Meek - a batch of candid and deceptively affable country/folk-leaning songs that occasionally kick up dust and whose lyrics are an unfussily poetic pleasure. [Mar 2026, p.32]

Meek may wander but he can't help but drift back to idiosyncratic introspection which gives the album an entrancing sense of dream logic. [Apr 2026, p.85]

Krivchenia stretches and molds the organic fervor of The Mirror like Play-Doh, often accomplishing a sense of something that is raw, new, and exciting. All the while Buck’s crooning slices through the production like a butter knife, shifting the sound into something that feels less like Big Thief and more towards something distinctly Meekian.

The tracks evoke comparisons to artists like David Gray (“Pretty Flowers”) and Josh Ritter (“Heart In The Mirror”), which may provide a side glance or two but perfectly complement his high-pitched twang. Regardless, Meek brings his own flair to whatever he makes.

The Mirror may not be as all-encompassing or adventurous, but it partly recalls how Big Thief gestured toward the electronic world on 2022’s double LP, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, notably on mid-album cuts like “Heavy Bend” and “Blurred View.” The key focus this time, however, is Meek’s songwriting, but there are fine-drawn textural layers that sustain it throughout.