Big Thief - Two Hands

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xxxp at first, I thought you were referring to when Adrianne calls out, "That's my grandma!" – in the Red Moon house show clip.

juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link

lol, no I mean that voice she does on, e.g., Change, that sounds like she's just come to the door in a babushka scarf and wasn't expecting us but it's ok if we come in and have some candied fruit

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link

I somehow didn't notice how flat she sings before I watched this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oODr-7y3M0

Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link

guys, I hate to be the ultimate buzzkill – but I was trying to figure out which Big '80s song the "Little Things" chord progression reminded me of (something by Peter Gabriel? Bruce Hornsby?), and finally realized... it's Toto's "Africa" ;-D

juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link

some Sarah Brand moments there xp

Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link

She looks/sounds a little exhausted there imo.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link

africa is a jam, more bands should borrow from africa

call all destroyer, Monday, 11 October 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link

Sarah Brand comparison? I might need to have a lie down.

a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link

guys, I hate to be the ultimate buzzkill – but I was trying to figure out which Big '80s song the "Little Things" chord progression reminded me of (something by Peter Gabriel? Bruce Hornsby?), and finally realized... it's Toto's "Africa" ;-D

― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, October 11, 2021 2:22 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it is very "solsbury hill"

grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link

xp The whole band looks/sounds a little wiped out in that clip...

juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link

Yeah, I thought it just looked like they were wiped out after being on the road for awhile.

a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link

What's that "chord" that Buck Meek seems to play so often, e.g. on the first song on that video - Shoulders - at around the 58 second mark?

Duke, Monday, 11 October 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link

Stretching over 5 or 6 frets

Duke, Monday, 11 October 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link

Dunno why I put the word chord in inverted commas. It'll be a chord of some kind.

Duke, Monday, 11 October 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That Buck Meek played, and it pleased the board

juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 11 October 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link

That so-called chord

New Zealand, with that hottie (hardcore dilettante), Monday, 11 October 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link

I'd say he's either barring in a A major shape with his pointer finger on and then playing melodic lines off that with his remaining fingers, or he's in an alternate tuning that has necessitated a big stretch.

But judging by chords he plays later in the piece, he's in standard tuning.

in twelve parts (lamonti), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 08:32 (two years ago) link

it looks like he's doing a big stretch to grab two notes that are 5 frets apart. i doubt it's a full chord.

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link

that note could be played on a higher string without the stretch, so i think its either easier for him to pick or he's just showing off. i think it's the latter but it's OK cuz it's subtle and he rules

diamonddave85​​ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link

After watching that live video, she sounds under the note to me a lot of the time on studio recordings as well, though, if not as strongly. It's not even a bad thing, necessarily, just something I hadn't noticed. I like a lot of singers who bend pitch.

Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link

that note could be played on a higher string without the stretch, so i think its either easier for him to pick or he's just showing off. i think it's the latter but it's OK cuz it's subtle and he rules

― diamonddave85​​ (diamonddave85), Tuesday, October 12, 2021 11:56 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

he has enormous hands from what i can tell

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link

buck not so meek after all

class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link

Couple friends of mine saw him in a coffee shop the morning of a show here, before pitchfork. He ordered an XL magnum size

typo hell #12: a hundreds of millions of people (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link

maybe he should change his name to... Buck Naked

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AxuBVGMCAAI7KYv.png

(I realize it's time for me to resign from ILM after making that joke)

juristic person (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link

four weeks pass...

Looks like Consequence of Sound published, and then deleted, a promo piece on the new album yesterday?

juristic person (morrisp), Thursday, 11 November 2021 03:17 (two years ago) link

there was a pre-save link for the album that lead to that article which is gone too

seems like album announcement & "time escaping" are coming in the next week

& album title is dragon new warm mountain i believe in you releasing on feb 11 as previously leaked

ufo, Thursday, 11 November 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link

"time escaping" coming in the next week

if this is true... the "most wonderful time of the year" is coming early!

juristic person (morrisp), Thursday, 11 November 2021 06:01 (two years ago) link

yeah there was a pre-save link for "time escaping" that got dug up too & it apparently indicated a release next week

ufo, Thursday, 11 November 2021 06:17 (two years ago) link

That's good news, I hope we don't have to wait too much longer! I'm surprised by how much I'm anticipating this record.

a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 11 November 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link

two months pass...

The bass playing on "Not" is an underrated feature of "Not"

Rockin’, and rollin’, and whatnot (morrisp), Friday, 21 January 2022 05:49 (two years ago) link


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