Big Thief - Two Hands

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"Orange" from UFOF is the one that devastates me.

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.

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.

"Orange" from UFOF is the one that devastates me.

― 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.

wayne and garth in mainhatten

the album lives up to the name Two Hands because that's what i used to cover my ears

I don't understand how a listener could really like most of this album, but strongly dislike "Not."

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.

no

alex, dude - it sounds like Greg Ginn playing with the Voidoids

which prog rock bands specifically does it remind you of

big thief.

case. closed.

to be fair, Not is kind of a pale imitation of The Gates of Delirium.

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 true

I don't get the prog thing at all

jk actually Big Thief sounds like National Health meets Porcupine Tree

having spent some more time with it over the past week i definitely hear the 'worm in this record

I bought the CD to-day

oh boy

5,000 RPM inside the player

Yeah man, it really spins good in there

anyone have the vinyl?

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 .

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

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”).

I've got the vinyl with 'desert peach` colouring. pretty much every new record I buy these days is a special colour

Technological/practical "backward steps" we all just accept now

decent pressing?get so wary of new indie vinyl

I got the regular black vinyl, just as I did with UFOF, they sound very decent (i.e. good) to me

anyone have the vinyl?

― 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.

ah thanks, that's what I worried when I saw the peach whatever bullshit

CD it is

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.

I didn't notice anything wrong with mine, but then I have wonky hearing anyway

My peach colored LP sounds good

The title track is fuckin bliss

^^^ 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.

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.

i love those weird, scratchy,dissonant noises at 1:20. is that a violin they are massacring there? it comes back near the end.

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

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Cover: Shot from below, all members of band with obviously massively stuffed pants, Adrianne's pants are the most-stuffed

surprised by people's love for the opening track. does very little for me other than work as a lead-in

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.

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.

good to hear ! i'll be seeing them saturday

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_uaObunMg

They're a funny bunch, aren't they?

Why, in this setting, would one choose to play without a shirt on?

Can't buy that vibe at the mall, man