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