fwiw - I don't think there's anything particularly unusual or mysterious to be into a band but not so into the lead singer/songwriter's solo stuff (especially if it's acoustic). I love Hours Were the Birds, but it's very much a solo folkie thing - it doesn't sound at all like Big Thief (which didn't exist yet). The sound/vibe of Abysskiss is a little static and difficult for me to engage with, for whatever reason. The new one does kind of tap into the BT vibe for me (as I said above), but yeah, it's still not the full band.
― Video Drama (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
(it may be an interesting thread idea - "Love the band, indifferent to the solo artist")
― Video Drama (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 October 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
fwiw - I don't think there's anything particularly unusual or mysterious to be into a band but not so into the lead singer/songwriter's solo stuff (especially if it's acoustic). ... The new one does kind of tap into the BT vibe for me (as I said above), but yeah, it's still not the full band.
― Video Drama (morrisp), Wednesday, October 28, 2020 bookmarkflaglink
Funny, I was having a similar thought about the Jeff Tweedy album that just came out (on the same day as the Lenker stuff, I think). I like Wilco but I've never been super enthusiastic about his solo material, even though it's perfectly fine and not even that far off from the full band stuff!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 29 October 2020 00:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKcQyUszdhw
a great performance, i'm fascinated by her using a brush to strum on "dragon eyes"
― ufo, Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
yeah! really great performance. she is very straightforward. i love that.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 November 2020 01:55 (three years ago) link
Just noticed Adrianne did an AMA on r/indieheads yesterday
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 06:05 (three years ago) link
Been coming back to this one a lot recently. In terms of composition I think it's my favourite. There are things they're doing with the music that completely confounds me, like I can't understand what it is or how they conceived it
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
Or at least, at this stage, UFOF, Two Hands and Capacity hold level as my favourites. But these days it's the Two Hands material I find myself craving most
― Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Thursday, 26 November 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
two hands has such great, dry 70s drums
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 November 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
The new Buck Meek album is really nice... kind of like a poppier Will Oldham, or mellow, mid-70s Dead. Upbeat tunes, pedal steel, warbly singing, etc.
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:52 (three years ago) link
Wow, am only three songs in (Track 3 must've been the advance single, since I remember hearing that one months ago) but am already taken with the production on Two Saviors--finding it a flattering mix of polished but scrappy so far.
― Co-pay Segundo (Craig D.), Saturday, 16 January 2021 00:15 (three years ago) link
a really good friend of mine, who has an excellent ear for production, also said he loved the sound of it
i have permanent "played drums in a concrete echo chamber" ears, so i have no fucking clue
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 16 January 2021 00:18 (three years ago) link
Nothing against the Lenker album from last year, which I did like, but I can see myself coming back to the new Meek far more often. The Lenker one is so wispy that I need to be in a certain mood for it, the Meek one feels more comfortable.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLcLUyYnmwt/
performance of a new song "simulation swarm"
― ufo, Friday, 19 February 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
mesmerizing...
you can tell the difference btw a song she's writing for the band, and the "adrianne lenker" songs
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Friday, 19 February 2021 06:36 (three years ago) link
i don't really hear much of a difference, except in how the final arrangement ends up of course, as demonstrated by the abysskiss tracks that also were reworked for ufof
― ufo, Friday, 19 February 2021 06:50 (three years ago) link
I was thinking more of this one in comparison with the tracks on songs (her most recent release) - this feels more intense - though admittedly I've only spun songs a few times.
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Friday, 19 February 2021 07:04 (three years ago) link
I c-a-n-n-o-t w-a-i-t to hear the studio version of that jaw-dropping live song that was posted above (from a few different shows) some months back.
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Friday, 19 February 2021 07:07 (three years ago) link
Love that new one she just posted. Man I need to see Big Thief live one of these days.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 19 February 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
I wish I had enjoyed their show better than I did. They blew up so quickly and I don't think they quite figured out how to project to a large sized venue.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 19 February 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
had a ticket to see them last august? september? :(
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 12:57 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8qczqgXvB4
hadn't heard this japanese bonus track "red leaves, falling" from songs before, it's incredible. gorgeous sax
― ufo, Monday, 24 May 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
FTR, I was referring to "Time Escaping," which was actually posted on another thread – here it is again (still rules):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_ax0XYn1E
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF0dXT-v-vY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBc-yGE7IkU
new music!!!
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 11:20 (two years ago) link
they go on tour in the first week of september so i wonder if the new album will be out by then
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 11:23 (two years ago) link
i'm not huge on "sparrow", it's a little repetitive, but wow "little things" is incredible
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 11:32 (two years ago) link
like that free-flowing groove is so good, i could listen to this band just noodle away forever
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 11:44 (two years ago) link
I'm hoping, iirc there was an interview in March-ish where Buck Meek said their new album was pretty much done.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
yeah i'm expecting it'll surely be out before the end of the year
"little things" reminds me a lot of tusk but way more out there, i've had it on loop basically for the last three hours
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
I think "Little Things" is the song Adrianne was playing/singing in an Insta story last week
Yeah, this is great
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
(also not huge on "Sparrow" - assume it's not an album track?)
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
they're presenting this as a double a-side so i would assume that both of these are probably going to be on the next album
― ufo, Tuesday, 10 August 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
I agree "Little Things" has a bit of a Fleetwood Mac feel, but also – like other recent BF stuff (see "Time Escaping," above) – has deep roots in other precedents that hit me hard on an aesthetic/emotional level, but I can't put my finger on what exactly they are. I could also listen to this groove all day!
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
"Sparrow" has sort of a "devotional" quality, no? It's like Lavender Diamond or something.
― Shallot Shortage 2021 (morrisp), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
I love "Little Things" and it also makes me think of them as an arena band -- it's kind of a U2 move (in addition to other influences mentioned above).
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSaTgjuJf9D
confirmed that both tracks are on the album
"sparrow" is growing on me, i think it'll be a solid enough album track
― ufo, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 03:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1eypolupH0
another new single "certainty"
― ufo, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 11:29 (two years ago) link
Their most country-fied tune since the first album, no?
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
Def my fave of the three advance singles so far--am liking how it strikes me as a slight companion to/vocal reversal of something like "Candle" off Buck Meek's great recent album (a tune which Lenker co-wrote)
― Kangol In The Light (Craig D.), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:04 (two years ago) link
some of the other new songs they've played live have been more country-tinged too
― ufo, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
Nice but a bit unremarkable, no? - how I felt about the Buck Meek album.
"Little Things" -- which, aside from the electric guitar, sounds like DMB -- is an absolute jam.
― Indexed, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
when i see the letters DMB, in that order, i immediately hear carter beauford whipping little 16th-triplets on a tightly closed hi-hat before opening it up to ring on the 4. ba-da-ba-Tsssss! maybe something for big thief to think about
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
Chimes, too
― Indexed, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
oh yeah, start of that glissando chime-wave, let it settle in for a few beats before the chorus, then 16th-triplets on the hi-hat, ba-da-ba-TSSSssssss! now you're in a new place with dave
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-tnbx7sm5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H8vT4HSzy8
more recordings of new songs they're playing live, this time "red moon" and "dried roses"
― ufo, Friday, 10 September 2021 13:04 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRiAWV525lo
playing p4k fest right now
― ufo, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
A rather dull start: three of their softest ballads.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 September 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
they're playing the hits now. my old pals are at the show right now, crashing here later. i hope they're wearing masks
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Saturday, 11 September 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
"dragon", this new one they're closing with, is really cool
― ufo, Saturday, 11 September 2021 01:26 (two years ago) link
If the album doesn’t include “Time Escaping,” I’m gonna be Big Mad!
― tumblin’ dice outro (morrisp), Saturday, 11 September 2021 01:37 (two years ago) link