I checked this out with a chip on my shoulder -- "how good can it be, this album I keep hearing about, I don't really listen to indie rock much, I'm not going to like this but I guess I should find out what it sounds like." fucking blown away. I listened to the one from earlier this year, too, and it was good, but this album has a very locked-in musicians-listening-to-one-another feel that just astonished me. what outstanding music.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
<3
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
"Orange" from UFOF is the one that devastates me.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
This one's recorded pretty much live in a dusty room in a desert or something, isn't it? I think that's a BIG contributing factor to the locked-in musicianliness of it.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 08:48 (four years ago) link
i listened to the album twice today and guess what? i really liked it, i got over her voice or maybe better into her voice. except one song which destroys the flow and which i have to skip as it is just too much pastiche, too obvious. it's "not" which almost made me not listen to the rest of the album as i didn't like it from the beginning on and couldn't join into everybody's hooray. it definitely deserves it's name.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 23:44 (yesterday) link
Have you listened to her pre-BT solo stuff at all? Because Orange reminds me of some of it.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 20:19 (four years ago) link
wayne and garth in mainhatten
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
the album lives up to the name Two Hands because that's what i used to cover my ears
― omar little, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
I don't understand how a listener could really like most of this album, but strongly dislike "Not."
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
even the second part of "not" with the guitar jam is really boring and conventional. in parts it reminds me of the endless guitar noodling of 70s prog rock. corny and asking for a punk rock answer.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
no
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
alex, dude - it sounds like Greg Ginn playing with the Voidoids
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 22:27 (four years ago) link
which prog rock bands specifically does it remind you of
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
big thief.
case. closed.
― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 23:25 (four years ago) link
to be fair, Not is kind of a pale imitation of The Gates of Delirium.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
I'm going to keep saying it sounds like Silkworm because only like 5000 ppl like Silkworm and we are super nerds, also it's trueI don't get the prog thing at all
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
jk actually Big Thief sounds like National Health meets Porcupine Tree
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
having spent some more time with it over the past week i definitely hear the 'worm in this record
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 October 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
I bought the CD to-day
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Thursday, 24 October 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link
oh boy
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 October 2019 10:07 (four years ago) link
5,000 RPM inside the player
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 24 October 2019 10:26 (four years ago) link
Yeah man, it really spins good in there
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Thursday, 24 October 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
anyone have the vinyl?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 October 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
finally got around to listening to this. Some amazing song writing as to be expected but the sound blows me away here. not sure where i place it in their catalog yet after only my first listen .
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
haven't caught up on the last 2 albums yet but just wanna point out that the status quo indie rock 'one thread per album' model is a terrible way to organize online discussion on this plain text message board
― flopson, Thursday, 24 October 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
I think this is really a remarkable album... It just holds you in the palm of its hand. There’s something almost “outsider”-y about it, as if they’re roughly transmutating esoteric sources of inspiration into the earthy language of rock and roll (and, I guess, “folk”).
― drunk on hot toddies (morrisp), Friday, 25 October 2019 00:29 (four years ago) link
I've got the vinyl with 'desert peach` colouring. pretty much every new record I buy these days is a special colour
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 25 October 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
Technological/practical "backward steps" we all just accept now
― Book Doula (sleeve), Friday, 25 October 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
decent pressing?get so wary of new indie vinyl
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 October 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
I got the regular black vinyl, just as I did with UFOF, they sound very decent (i.e. good) to me
― willem, Friday, 25 October 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap
Yeah, I got the peach colored version and it's terrible quality. The second side in particular is so bad due to it being off centre. I had to return it and I'm not sure if I'm going to try it again or just get the CD.
― kitchen person, Friday, 25 October 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
ah thanks, that's what I worried when I saw the peach whatever bullshitCD it is
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 October 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
Looking on Discogs, it looks like some people have had the same issue as me but some have got lucky and say it's fine. I'll probably just go for the CD as it gets a bit tiring and takes the fun out of it trying to find good copies sometimes. I had to buy and return four different versions of the last Japanese Breakfast album before I got one that played perfectly.
― kitchen person, Friday, 25 October 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
I didn't notice anything wrong with mine, but then I have wonky hearing anyway
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 25 October 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
My peach colored LP sounds good
― omar little, Friday, 25 October 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
The title track is fuckin bliss
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 25 October 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
^^^ it's great, isn't it? i like what the guitar does and i love those weird, scratchy,dissonant noises at 1:20. is that a violin they are massacring there? it comes back near the end. the next song "those girls" is beautiful as well especially the transition and the sudden end and the long pause after which is like a big huge fullstop.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 25 October 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
Just listened to both 2019 albums back to back, now that I’ve had some time with both. They are both among my favorite albums released this year but Two Hands now feels for sure the superior of the two. It has a little more variety, highs and lows.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 25 October 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
i love those weird, scratchy,dissonant noises at 1:20. is that a violin they are massacring there? it comes back near the end.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 25 October 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
This band should make a play for the “I’ve Got My Own Album to Do” thread, by naming their next one Big Thief Energy
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Thursday, 31 October 2019 02:15 (four years ago) link
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― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Thursday, 31 October 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link
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― i'm not a government man; i'm a government, man. (m bison), Thursday, 31 October 2019 02:50 (four years ago) link
Cover: Shot from below, all members of band with obviously massively stuffed pants, Adrianne's pants are the most-stuffed
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 October 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
surprised by people's love for the opening track. does very little for me other than work as a lead-in
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
I think it's very effective, both musically & lyrically (and obv. it pulls you immediately into the world of the album). Love the final verse, and the way the song ends after a simple musical phrase, when it could have kept going.
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
Saw them last night, they were pretty solid. The Two Hands songs worked particularly well, building up track by track to a real rock spectacle. I was a little surprised that U.F.O.F. felt fairly unrepresented, but I suppose the folksier songs might not carry as well in such a big venue.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
good to hear ! i'll be seeing them saturday
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
she flubbed the lines on a couple songs when i saw her on sunday but i assume that's the result of constantly having new lyrics popping into her head. great show otherwise
― Heez, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_uaObunMg
They're a funny bunch, aren't they?
― djh, Friday, 29 November 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Why, in this setting, would one choose to play without a shirt on?
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 29 November 2019 22:54 (four years ago) link