Talking Heads Announce First Authorized Book New Feeling

Talking Heads have announced New Feeling, an upcoming coffee-table book documenting the band’s history through rare archival material and personal reflections from all four members. It is set to arrive on May 18th, 2027, via Abrams Books, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of their debut album, Talking Heads: 77. Pre-orders are now ongoing. David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison shared the news in a joint video posted by the publisher, discussing their collaboration on what is being billed as the first authorized book created by the entire band. Buy Talking Heads' New Feeling Spanning 400 pages, Talking Heads: New Feeling brings together hundreds of photographs, handwritten lyrics, early album artwork, and original essays from each member. Among its contents are handwritten lyrics for “Psycho Killer” and “Life During Wartime,” alongside photographs and other memorabilia that have remained in the band’s archives for decades. “For this book, we pulled out handwritten lyrics, original album sketches, and private photos, some of which haven’t left our archive in over 40 years,” Harrison explained in the announcement. The book traces Talking Heads’ beginnings...