well haley is one of the best songs i've ever heard in my life so that one
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 9 January 2019 00:05 (five years ago) link
the live "Haley" on yt where it's just the four of them in front of a wall is SO good. great harmonies that aren't on the studio vers
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 9 January 2019 00:35 (five years ago) link
yt?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 12 January 2019 15:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68lZMtWWCAE
― form that slug-like grex (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 12 January 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 21 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 22 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
new album, u.f.o.f., in may
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPa7M5n2CU
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:17 (five years ago) link
Nice! I loved that song live solo, and it sounds great in that arrangement too
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
01) Contact02) UFOF03) Cattails04) From05) Open Desert06) Orange07) Centruy08) Strange09) Betsy10) Terminal Paradise11) Jenni12) Magic Dealer
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
im gonna be really sad if "not" isn't on this album with a different name
So they're doing band version of a couple of the songs from abysskiss. Can't say I mind that.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:20 (five years ago) link
Oh my god, UFOF
― Mule, Friday, 8 March 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
can't stop listening to the new song
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Sunday, 17 March 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
It’s a beautiful song. I have to admit I’m not loving this meek/wispy approach to her vocals lately, which seems to be half performance and half production. Still psyched about the record.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 18 March 2019 00:53 (five years ago) link
It befits the spirit-like feel of the song, imo, like a ghost in static. But yeah, hope she’ll mix it up on the record.
― Mule, Monday, 18 March 2019 12:43 (five years ago) link
I've become obsessed with this band & this record just in the past month as a result of this thread, and I'm miffed that "Objects" didn't get even a single vote. Lyrics to that one are kind of whatever, I'll grant; but musically, it reminds me a lot of Pinback, one of my favorite bands ever to do the indie rock thing
― The depressed somebody from the popular David Bowie song, (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 11:28 (five years ago) link
Wow, the new album is extremely wonderful. But also quite difficult to listen to without crying.
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Saturday, 4 May 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
Big Thief - U.F.O.F. (May 3, 2019)
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 4 May 2019 13:17 (four years ago) link
Ah! Thank you
― alrakis morissette (tangenttangent), Saturday, 4 May 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
“Objects” is the track you play for your crunchy/jamband roommate while smoking out, and make him a Big Thief fan.
― dad genes (morrisp), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 01:33 (four years ago) link
this is one of my favorite albums of all time
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 September 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
increasingly seeming like one of my favorite albums of all time
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, January 7, 2019 2:14 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
whoops forgot i covered this
anyway, it's perfect in every way
if you wanna leaveyou just have to say
you're all caught up insidebut you know the way
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 September 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
This was firmly my favourite by this band but it's testament to them how much Two Hands has shot up so highly in my estimation. How does a band like this appear fully formed out of seemingly nowhere and deliver such a large amount of quality in such relatively little time? Not heard any of the new stuff - really hope it continues the winning streak
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
you're really in for a treat with the new material then
― ufo, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:07 (two years ago) link
+1
― i woke up alarmed (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:14 (two years ago) link
The back half of this album is particularly incredible... they're the kind of songs that make me go, "how did they write this?"
"Black Diamonds" may be my favorite Big Thief song of all – something about how it's semi-anthemic, but also low-key and constrained; as if they're holding it back from breaking into a full-out anthem. E.g., the shade-away-from-rockin'-out guitar in the chorus, and the entire second half of the bridge ("I could never leave him... I could never leave him...") – it's like you want to pump your fist and sing along, but they're keeping it mellow, creating a kind of tension... can't think of many songs with this feel.
― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Friday, 4 March 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link