Tori Sparks: Cabinet of Curiosities, Vol. IV + V

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On Friday, October 20th, 2026, Tori Sparks will present the second half of her new album, Cabinet of Curiosities, in a concert at Barcelona’s Aclam Club. Tickets are on sale now, and include a drink of your choice, a brief meet-and-greet before the show, and the chance to visit Aclam’s spectacular guitar collection. Doors open at 19:00, the show starts at 20:30.

Tori and the band already presented the first part of the project in their concert—Vol. I, II, and III—at the Sarrià Theater in April 2026. This second event will be the official presentation of Vol. IV and V from Cabinet of Curiosities, and will feature special guests, including Genís Bou (tenor saxophone), Pere Miró (baritone saxophone), Raül Gallego (trumpet), soul singer Nuri Thunder (backing vocals), Latin Grammy nominee Carlos Mendoza (backing vocals), with more to be announced.

Barcelona Metropolitan readers get a special discount off of the general admission ticket price — use the code "TORI FRIENDS” why buying your tickets.

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.  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, disparate elements connected by a common thread.

These volumes are being released one by one over a period of several months, from April to October 2026.

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 human condition: 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.

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