I think we may be getting a few new albums soon, guys: www.instagram.com/p/CADtCEpH-t7/(btw - what kind of cyber-guitar is Adrianne holding in that first pic??)
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 05:19 (three years ago) link
I flubbed the link
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 05:20 (three years ago) link
I flubbed the link and the link won
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link
Got ahold of Lenker's first album, recorded when she was 13.
Kudos to her for getting an album out that early, but I wouldn't recommend it at all.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 12:10 (three years ago) link
Oh, nice! Good catch, did you find it in a store or online?
That alb is p terrible but it’s a charming kind of terrible, esp in light of what she’s doing now.
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
that looks like one those things lee ritenour played. it’s on his Wayne Gretzky tribute album
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
wait I’m mixing him up with Steve khan re: the Gretzky thing. Anyway here it is: https://www.discogs.com/Lee-Ritenour-Earth-Run/master/80205
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
A SynthAxe(tm)?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
found it: Casio DG-1 https://youtu.be/3hf7AsraFx8
― brimstead, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
Thx!
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
Bought the first Lenker through Discogs. I’ve fallen pretty hard for Big Thief so I decided to start at the beginning. It’s not awful, but it sounds like a reasonably talented 13 year oldimitating... Sheryl Crow maybe? If she has any say in the matter, I can’t imagine it getting reissued anytime soon.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 02:56 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure Lucid Tunes was a vanity label, likely run by her dad; this was its only other release. From what I've read, she and her dad are on good terms, so he's not likely to reissue it w/out her consent!
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
This demo "Mermaid" is sick... it's kind of a new take on the "Cattails" idea
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 03:39 (three years ago) link
These goofy-dressing hippies are the sickest band
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 03:41 (three years ago) link
really hoping the casio guitar is going to make the new album
― ufo, Wednesday, 13 May 2020 04:11 (three years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/2e3TrMSoC2IdX6tksQwpls
new adrianne solo track!
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker announces two new albums, songs and instrumentals, out October 23rd on 4ADsongs and instrumentals are two distinct collections, both written and recorded in April after Big Thief’s March tour was abruptly cut short due to coronavirus. After returning to the states from Europe, Lenker decamped to a one room cabin in the mountains of western Massachusetts.This recording is 100% analog-analog-analog (AAA). No digital process was used in the production of this sound recording.The album’s stunning artwork are watercolor paintings done by Adrianne’s grandmother, Diane Lee.Tracklistsongs1. two reverse2. ingydar3. anything4. forwards beckon rebound5. heavy focus6. half return7. come8. zombie girl9. not a lot, just forever10. dragon eyes11. my angelinstrumentals1. music for indigo2. mostly chimes
songs and instrumentals are two distinct collections, both written and recorded in April after Big Thief’s March tour was abruptly cut short due to coronavirus. After returning to the states from Europe, Lenker decamped to a one room cabin in the mountains of western Massachusetts.
This recording is 100% analog-analog-analog (AAA). No digital process was used in the production of this sound recording.
The album’s stunning artwork are watercolor paintings done by Adrianne’s grandmother, Diane Lee.
Tracklistsongs1. two reverse2. ingydar3. anything4. forwards beckon rebound5. heavy focus6. half return7. come8. zombie girl9. not a lot, just forever10. dragon eyes11. my angel
instrumentals1. music for indigo2. mostly chimes
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 05:07 (three years ago) link
very curious about what the instrumentals album will be like
― ufo, Wednesday, 2 September 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
Sounds like it will be mostly chimes.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 17:43 (three years ago) link
mostly.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
interesting! you know it's serious when someone decamps
i'm enough of an audiophile douchebag to admit that at least part of big thief's appeal is how much better their records sounds than 99.9% of indie rock bands
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
Decamps(?) Adrianne solo albums aren't a new thing...
"No digital process was used in the production of this sound recording, except for the sick tones of the Casio DG-1 Digital Guitar."
Btw - the new song is good (no surprise)!
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
i just think the "decamped" to a one room cabin thing is funny, sounds like something a deposed military leader would do
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
"anything" is really pretty
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
Some more context on the new albums from Adrianne here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEowCPND49R/?igshid=cudu4affgpgx
― “Pizza House!” (morrisp), Wednesday, 2 September 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
(sorry I failed to trim out the tracking ID)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUqxxN7EbeQ
another new adrianne song "dragon eyes"
the guitars on it are so shimmering and pretty
― ufo, Thursday, 1 October 2020 09:02 (three years ago) link
The band has a track (a Two Hands outtake called “Jane”) on this benefit album: https://keeledscales.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-people-of-the-land-carrizo-comecrudo-solidarity-compilation
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Thursday, 1 October 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/19/adrianne-lenkers-radical-honesty
good profile of adrianne that also mentions big thief were recording recently so i'd very much hope another album is on the way for next year
― ufo, Monday, 12 October 2020 14:20 (three years ago) link
A good read, that. Ta.
― djh, Monday, 12 October 2020 20:17 (three years ago) link
Sorry to hear about her breakup.
― Guitar Dick (morrisp), Monday, 12 October 2020 20:54 (three years ago) link
“Adrianne has that disorienting quality all real-deal types have, where she comes at her songs so sideways that it subverts the form,” Jeff Tweedy, the front man for Wilco, told me. “Sometimes you would swear it’s a mistake or misunderstanding of her own song—‘Why’d she start singing there?’—but it’s not, it’s a precise angle that only she seems to possess.”
Great quote / observation
― Guitar Dick (morrisp), Monday, 12 October 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
By coincidence, playing the KEXP version of "Masterpiece" and enjoying the messiness (and their obvious joy in that).
― djh, Monday, 12 October 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
I see this thread and I think it's about Big Chief and I get excited for a second.
I'll show myself out now.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 12 October 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
― Guitar Dick (morrisp), Monday, October 12, 2020 3:56 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
more evidence for my chief keef parallel lol
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 12 October 2020 23:24 (three years ago) link
big chief keef
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/album/25llO5FF2feSQx4Fxyd20O
instrumentals is out now
― ufo, Thursday, 22 October 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
Coming up as a placeholder for me
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 22 October 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
yeah I can't get it yet -- US vs other countries thing?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 22 October 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
liked but did not love the two recent songs
i'm in australia so maybe it'll be available at midnight for you? it's a day early here
― ufo, Thursday, 22 October 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
"music for indigo" is basically exactly what i'd expected in that it's some very pretty noodling around. also has some nice ambience from a storm in the background
― ufo, Thursday, 22 October 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
songs has some of the prettiest acoustic guitar sounds i've ever heard. the songs themselves are wonderful too of course
― ufo, Friday, 23 October 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
― ufo, Wednesday, October 21, 2020 8:16 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
It's extremely stoned
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 23 October 2020 02:23 (three years ago) link
As far as Adrianne's solo albums go, "songs" is grabbing me more than her past albums.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 23 October 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
looking forward to giving songs a full concentrated listen. So far I CANNOT get through instrumentals. Maybe on a long solo drive at night or something.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 23 October 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
Yeah, "Instrumentals" was less engaging than I expected it to be (on one background listen). The "Songs" sounded great, though....
― New Adventures in WiFi (morrisp), Friday, 23 October 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
"Songs" is good, I dig it. The degree to which it does not sound like a Big Thief album is also an affirmation of how much of band they are.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
Haven't listened to Songs and I'm not a big Thief fan, but Instrumentals has been great as ambient music. I really like the first long piece.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
Instrumentals is very Windham Hill/ECM and for me that's a very good thing. late night with rain on the roof candle music.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Sunday, 25 October 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link