I keep randomly hearing this band and thinking they are good, so this is a good reminder to maybe listen to one of the records on the way home -- which should i start with?
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
either one imo. masterpiece may be more immediate
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:14 (six years ago) link
i would recommend starting with masterpiece. agree it is more immediate and i don't think i would necessarily recommend starting with capacity and going backwards, if i thought someone might get to both. there is a significant progression between them.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
thirded
― flopson, Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
i 180'd on capacity (from 'eh guess big thief just had one great album in them' to 'this album is sustaining my life') so hard that i'm now paranoid that there are dozens of other classic albums out there i should've given another chance
― flopson, Thursday, 5 October 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link
This is what I've been telling you about chief Keef's mixtape catalog
Anyway would I like these band
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
i don't know of anything you like that is remotely like this tbh
― flopson, Friday, 6 October 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
'paul' or the title track off the first album is prob the best litmus test
― flopson, Friday, 6 October 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
I already love this band now
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 6 October 2017 04:10 (six years ago) link
:)
― flopson, Friday, 6 October 2017 04:48 (six years ago) link
I listened to the first album and was like "this is def not for me" and then listened to the second one & came away really impressed! I think it depends on if you're coming at it from an angle within or without the indie pop genre, I'm a much bigger fan of how they stretch out creatively on the new one than the more trad sounding compositions of the first
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2017 05:20 (six years ago) link
Sort of like how basic rap fans think finally rich is Keef's best album when back from the dead 2 is >>>>
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2017 05:21 (six years ago) link
lol
― flopson, Friday, 6 October 2017 06:07 (six years ago) link
yeah I can't say I find the second one any harder to get into than the first one, both work really well for me. I'm also coming at this as not generally a fan of indie pop or straightforward rock.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 6 October 2017 14:54 (six years ago) link
Pretty Things is an amazing song, approaching that Joni Mitchell thing of being so confessional and tender and raw that it almost hurts to listen.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 6 October 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJzOylaAfJw
saw them live recently and she started with a couple new songs solo acoustic and the encore was also solo acoustic, including pretty things. she's just insanely talented.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 6 October 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
the flow between songs on the second record is better imo. masterpiece kinda feels like a collection of discrete songs whereas the songs on capacity talk to each other more
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 6 October 2017 15:43 (six years ago) link
in other words, yes, it's their finally rich 2
er back from the dead 2*, i am very tired
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 6 October 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
she's a fucking brilliant songwriter, fuck, I can't stop listening
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 6 October 2017 15:58 (six years ago) link
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, October 6, 2017 10:54 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow way to burn the people who turned you onto your new fav band, Hurting
― flopson, Friday, 6 October 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, October 6, 2017 11:43 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
capacity is more greater than the sum of its part for sure
― flopson, Friday, 6 October 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
then again, most albums sound worse if you play every song at the same time
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 7 October 2017 00:19 (six years ago) link
I've been listening to this band all day/night now and I do kind of feel like all of their songs are playing in my head at the same time.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Saturday, 7 October 2017 05:07 (six years ago) link
This version of masterpiece is better than the record imo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0E5vMkDfOI
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 8 October 2017 03:12 (six years ago) link
i love that performance
― flopson, Sunday, 8 October 2017 03:49 (six years ago) link
we were just two moonshiners on the cusp of a breath
― flopson, Sunday, 8 October 2017 03:53 (six years ago) link
"There's only so much letting go you can ask someone to do"
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 8 October 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
"haley" is sooooooooooooooooo good
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, June 7, 2017 11:46 AM (four months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is my fav other than Pretty Things
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
FWIW Spotify has a few pre-Big Thief EPs of her and Buck Meek, they're just under her name, and believe it or not, they are also really good.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
Just gave the new one a once through listen thanks to man alive's recommendation on the masculinity thread. This is pretty much exactly what I need right now. Will be spending some time in this record, I can tell.
― how's life, Friday, 13 October 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
Nice! It has a lot to explore imo, I keep shifting which song I'm into, now it's Black Diamonds.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 13 October 2017 13:03 (six years ago) link
"Mythological Beauty" being set in Nisswa, MN def packs a punch to me, there's a certain beauty and squalor that's unique to Northern MN
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 October 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
Haley is a gorgeous song!
Does it sound like the opening from Minnie Ripperton’s Les Fleurs to anyone else? I’m not technical, can anyone who actually identify notes confirm it’s the same chords?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
not the same chords but I definitely see the sonic resemblence
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
Yes again I’m not a musician so not very technical. Haley sounds to me like it starts in G and Les Fleurs in E? They do have the same sort of feel.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
It's not just the key difference, Haley starts with an ascending pattern and Le Fleurs starts with a descending pattern.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
Haley also reminds me a lot of Jim O'Rourke's melodic stuff, can't put my finger on what in particular.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Oh I see! I can hear it now that you mention it!
Then if they’re different chords in a different order... Can you explain better than me why am I hearing the same sort of vibe in these two? Is it the drums? The production?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Maybe Life Goes Off? xp
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, October 17, 2017 5:19 PM (five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know if I can explain it well, but I think the drum groove is definitely noticeably similar except much faster on Haley, and there's a fingerpicked acoustic guitar arpeggiating chords on both, and the ascending base note over the g chord on Haley probably feels similar to the descending bass note over the E chord on Les Fleurs.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Yes I think that’s it. Lovely song either way!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
I keep thinking that it's Adrianne in the new iPhone 8+ commercial--it can't be her, right?
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Friday, 20 October 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
definitely not
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
haley is the best song i've heard all year and maybe my whole life
― Flogging Mommy (diamonddave85), Friday, 20 October 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
This is my favorite song so far from the pre-Big Thief EPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5HI9O4TBL8
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 20 October 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
(a live performance of it I mean)
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 20 October 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
First song in this set, :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QckxTQQ9XBo
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, 2 November 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
A lot of material I don't recognize, new album in the works already?
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, 2 November 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
Folks on this thread will appreciate this article: https://www.npr.org/2017/11/09/560267308/the-lore-of-big-thief
Also plz don't miss Adrianne's 2014 solo record: https://adriannelenker.bandcamp.com/. "Gone" is my go-to but the whole thing is fantastic.
― cowtownboo, Saturday, 11 November 2017 07:30 (six years ago) link
Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief) -- abysskiss
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 13 October 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
annoys me when all of an artist’s work merged into the thread for a single album
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 13 October 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
Meant to post "Interstate," because it's got that Wowee Zowee, meandering, fucked-up pop thing going for it
The melodic bit at the beginning of "Interstate" reminds me of The Amps' "I Am Decided" (this is good).
"Interstate" reminds me *so much* of some older/specific band... but I just can't place it. Maybe I will, eventually.
Big Thief has a way of bringing to mind other artists -- or other musical precedents that feel familiar -- without sounding at all "derivative."
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Friday, 17 January 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
it's been said before but i get a lot of Radiohead vibes, old and recent, from some of their stuff. especially the guitar solos
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 17 January 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah - I'm not a Radiohead guy, but I've heard that said (here and elsewhere). I guess something like "Great White Shark" (on Capacity) sort of sounds like my conception of a certain type of Radiohead song (I could totally be wrong, though).
Re: "Interstate" -- I've listened back to some stuff, and that song kiiiinda reminds me of Beauty Pill... like something that could have appeared on The Unsustainable Lifestyle.
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Friday, 17 January 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
I've also mentioned, in the Two Hands thread, how some of the band's mellow, chiming songs have sort of a Pinback vibe.
(I don't know if it's really useful or interesting to catalog these "reminds-me-of's"... but I do like gathering touchpoints like this.)
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Saturday, 18 January 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
“Watering” has a bit of a Deerhunter feel
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Sunday, 19 January 2020 02:07 (four years ago) link
Love Radiohead, love Big Thief but don’t really hear the correlation.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 19 January 2020 07:49 (four years ago) link
they don't sound the same but certain fleeting moments remind me of particular Radiohead 'bits'.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 19 January 2020 10:07 (four years ago) link
“Haley” has a bit of a Slapp Happy sound (...ok, I’ll stop now)
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Sunday, 19 January 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
Basically, they have many great bands in their DNA.
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Sunday, 19 January 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
That Great White Shark song definitely has a Weird Fishes/Arpeggi sound to it
― nate woolls, Sunday, 19 January 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
OK, just one more: the final track on U.F.O.F. (“Magic Dealer”) could totally be one of those brief, lovely Neko Case songs — both lyrically and melodically.
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 02:18 (four years ago) link
Found a few great indie-rocker demos, presumably Masterpiece outtakes (unsurprisingly, even this band’s unreleased stuff is gold):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhdS3ft3lqI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABWnNuJ6mO0
― dad genes (morrisp), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 06:17 (four years ago) link
otm i like them both, thx for sharing
― I wanna publish memes and rage against machimes (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 06:32 (four years ago) link
I had never heard this Masterpiece-era song, Dandelion... it's really nice (as is the acoustic version of "Masterpiece" on the B-side).
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Sunday, 7 March 2021 07:45 (three years ago) link
This record is so so good.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 February 2024 16:25 (two months ago) link