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Talking Heads Announce Authorized Coffee-Table Book New Feeling

A 400-page authorised volume gathers handwritten lyrics, unseen photos, essays from all four members with guest contributions to shape the band’s 50th‑anniversary narrative.

Overview

  • The band confirmed an authorised, collaborative book titled Talking Heads: New Feeling that will be published by Abrams Books and released May 18, 2027.
  • New Feeling compiles decades of archive material, including handwritten lyrics, original album sketches, private photos and hundreds of images drawn from the group’s vaults.
  • All four members — David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz — wrote new essays for the book and appear together in the publisher’s announcement.
  • The volume features guest pieces from figures such as Lorde, Debbie Harry, Karl Ove Knausgaard and Jeff Bridges and will be offered in limited-edition variants aimed at collectors.
  • The book is part of a coordinated legacy push that follows Stop Making Sense reissues, archival releases on Rhino, and a SiriusXM Talking Heads channel meant to mark the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads: 77.