ENG: (traducción abajo) On Friday, October 30th, 2026, Tori Sparks will present the second part of her new album and new musical project, Cabinet of Curiosities, in a concert at Barcelona’s Aclam Club. Tickets are on sale now, and include both a drink of your choice, a meet-and-greet before the show, and the chance to visit Aclam’s spectacular guitar collection.
Tori and the band already presented the first part of the project in their concert at the Sarrià Theater in April 2026. This second event will be the official presentation of Volumes IV and V from Cabinet of Curiosities, and will feature several special guests, including Genís Bou (tenor saxophone), Pere Miró (baritone saxophone), Raül Gallego (trumpet), and more to be announced.
And as the concert date falls just one week after the release of the fifth and final volume of the album, this will also be the first time that the physical versions of the album will be available (on CD and vinyl).
An Album in Five Volumes
This is the American singer, songwriter, and producer’s eighth full-length album, and her first studio recording since 2017. As you might expect from a project that has been in development for almost a decade in the mind of an artist known for breaking barriers, it's not a traditional album. Cabinet of Curiosities is a multifaceted project, divided into five parts: five volumes or “packs” of four songs each, which together form a fascinating whole. These installments are being released one by one, from April through October 2026.
Each pack of songs trends towards a different musical style: blues and gospel, folk, noir country, rock and soul, trip-hop and nu-jazz. Each has its own distinct character and sound, but are connected by a common thread. The album contains a total of 21 new, original songs. The recordings feature collaborations with Francisco Guisado “El Rubio” (guitar), Ramon Vagué (bass), Carlos López (drums), and special guest artists, including gospel singers from the world-renowned Tennessee Mass Choir from Memphis, acclaimed soul singer Nuri Thunder from the band BigBlack Rhino, and violinist Fats Kaplin, who has collaborated with Jack White, Beck, Elvis Costello, John Prine, and many others.
Why “Cabinet of Curiosities”?
The album title was inspired by the collections of natural specimens in Renaissance Europe that bore the same name. These collections of strange, absurd, mysterious, beautiful, unique specimens were meant to provoke wonder and curiosity. It was how people hundreds of years ago tried to explain the natural world, and life in general: by constructing a miniature representation of it.
This is the concept behind the idea of a traditional cabinet of curiosities, and also behind Tori Sparks' ambitious new musical project. Cabinet of Curiosities is a collection of songs that reflects the complicated world around us: the fractured era in which we live, with all the good and bad, the light and the darkness. The lyrics explore themes such as societal expectations, religion, family, technology, depression, death, politics, the fight for justice, family, love and heartbreak; in short, everything that shapes our complicated, painful, beautiful lives.