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
Yeah, I've just gotten around to Instrumentals and it's very nice.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 25 October 2020 16:22 (three years ago) link
Songs is nice, but hasn't really grabbed me yet. I'm sure it'll grow. It sounds busier than I was expecting - double tracked vocals and maracas etc.
― Duke, Monday, 26 October 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
Maybe not maracas. Some sort of shaker.
― Duke, Monday, 26 October 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link
FYI - "the only instruments used were the acoustic guitar, a paint brush, the needles of a white pine tree, and my voice."
― New Adventures in WiFi (morrisp), Monday, 26 October 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
Ha! Must be the paint brush. It's used for percussion on the first few songs.
― Duke, Monday, 26 October 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
Zombie Girl shares a 5-7 note sequence with Mr Tambourine Man, which catches me each time.
― Duke, Monday, 26 October 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
Yes! I noticed that too.
I've had Songs on repeat for days, it's really nice. And Instrumentals is indeed great background music for writing/working.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 26 October 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
xp yes, noticed that. beautiful record.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
i'm not really into stripped-bare acoustic songs which is why I've not really checked out much of Lenker's solo stuff. Should I?
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:52 (three years ago) link
Hours Were the Birds is fantastic.
― New Adventures in WiFi (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
I'm pretty much in the same boat as dog latin, but all the positive reviews have me curious, even though I'm still afraid a stripped-back Lenker solo album removes exactly the things I've loved the most about the two most recent Big Thief records.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
I don't think the sound/feel of Songs is drastically different from U.F.O.F. (it's closer than Abysskiss was, even though that record had a few songs that actually appeared on U.F.O.F.).
― New Adventures in WiFi (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 October 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
It doesn't feel totally stripped bare.
― Duke, Wednesday, 28 October 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
I don’t think I’m as into her solo stuff as I am big thief. Not sure why it shifted off of my personal Pinterest board here, it’s not like it’s bad, but I’m not as much into the cult of lenker for whatever reason
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link