I stopped listening to the pre-release tracks, I'm just ready to luxuriate in the whole thing.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 14:46 (two years ago) link
this album is going to be incredible and i am already annoyed at how it will inevitably renew the big thief backlash
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 14:53 (two years ago) link
not so sure - i'm someone who was not a very big Big Thief fan (i found the songs sort of muddy and land-locked) but almost everything in the past year has been extraordinary, full of grace and lift, and it's turned me from backlasher into fan
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
ive been listening to the pre release tracks as a mini album of sorts, after ignoring the stuff for nearly all of 2021. flows nicely, tho nearly every track they’ve released since “little things” has been better than that one
i think that “spud infinity” is my favorite, big old weird america feeling going on
― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 15:09 (two years ago) link
I'm extremely ready for this album to be of varying quality, like all their albums ;)
― imago, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 15:12 (two years ago) link
is there a big thief backlash? i don't want to meet these people irl
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
The little woodwind & gtr jam at the end of "No Reason" is such hot sh1t... I just love it
― Gimme little drink / From your Dunkin cup (morrisp), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
exact same sitch as sean gramophone for me.
there will be a backlash, but it'll be dwarfed by the "album of the year / america's best band" hype, i bet.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:06 (two years ago) link
I thought the backlash happened already (that NYT editor who called them "emperor's new clothes" or whatever)
― Gimme little drink / From your Dunkin cup (morrisp), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:11 (two years ago) link
I wish you could do backlashes where you were like 'yeah they're pretty good but there's quite a few bands I prefer', but the Discourse doesn't like that sort of equivocation, they either have to be The Best or Overrated Nonsense
I will say this: much as I've enjoyed the other preview songs so far, I just don't get what's good about Little Things at all
― imago, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
I wish you could do backlashes where you were like 'yeah they're pretty good but there's quite a few bands I prefer',
thats not a backlash that's you.
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 18:29 (two years ago) link
I just don't get what's good about Little Things at all
It sounds like listening to your Walkman on a warm summer night in 1989, watching the stars come out...
― Gimme little drink / From your Dunkin cup (morrisp), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
good description, i think i like it now!
― for 200 anyone can receive a dud nvidia (ledge), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link
it's this wild shifting shimmering thing & their playing is incredible, really highlights their chemistry as a band. it's also just really distinct & fresh, what else out there actually sounds like this? it's interesting because it's really one of their least singer-songwritery tunes, much more of a free-flowing jam where the vocals weave in and out in the same way as the lead guitar. has anyone figured out what's actually going on with the time signature yet
― ufo, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link
i wasn't on board with them (i'd heard capacity and wasn't moved though i had enjoyed abysskiss a little) until i was blown away by u.f.o.f. and returning to capacity since then made it really open up for me.
― ufo, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 23:51 (two years ago) link
Through it all, the band held on to a firm internal sense of self. “We all have our own Big Thief-i-ness barometers,” says Krivchenia. “We did some stuff that, listening back to it, we were like, ‘Wow, people would flip if they heard this… but it’s not Big Thief-y.'”
Isn't this what b-sides are for?
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 00:40 (two years ago) link
Good point!
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 00:54 (two years ago) link
Looking forward to "Big Thief Gets Weird."
In the meantime I'm guessing this next one will be their strongest record by far.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 21:13 (two years ago) link
reports from those who've got the album early are that the studio version of "dragon" is a mellow folk tune like adrianne's solo version and not the awesome rock version they've been playing live
hope the rock version is the jp bonus track then
― ufo, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 22:42 (two years ago) link
I heard some folks' preorders are arriving already
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 22:46 (two years ago) link
With this album, Big Thief stand to become my second-favourite Wilco, ahead of Califone
― imago, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 23:00 (two years ago) link
You mentioned that in another thread; I don’t really hear a Wilco connection
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 23:18 (two years ago) link
I think Time Escaping is when I realised they could pull off the 'art Americana' thing; it reminded me of Art Of Almost a bit. Here's to them overriding their Big Thiefiness barometers more in future
― imago, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 23:23 (two years ago) link
they're better at being "the american radiohead" than wilco ever were
― ufo, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 23:34 (two years ago) link
folk version of the title track is absolutely gorgeous but i still hope we get a studio version of the live version
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 01:05 (two years ago) link
one of the prettiest things they've ever done
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link
yeah this is clearly their best album but also surprisingly cohesive, it's not really a wildly eclectic double album like it seemed like it was shaping up to be. it's all firmly within the folk/country/dreamy rock vibe they'd established even if they get creative with the arrangements. i get why they didn't put the rock "dragon" on here, it would have been quite a departure from that vibe.
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 02:00 (two years ago) link
read that they recorded the title track at each of their recording locations and might release several of the versions down the road
― scan bones into bonecoin (Clay), Monday, 7 February 2022 02:03 (two years ago) link
yeah there's another version coming on the japanese release as a bonus track and if that's not the live version then they're the sort of band where it seems totally possible for it to show up on the second album from these sessions they've indicated is also on the way.
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
on first listen my favourite of the unreleased tracks are the title track & "flower of blood" which is vaguely cocteau twins-esque
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 02:12 (two years ago) link
How’s “Red Moon”?
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Monday, 7 February 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
it's good, sounds pretty much like the live version except with additional fiddle, like most of the other country tracks
the album is really so good all the way through, like "sparrow" is probably the weakest track and it's still better in context
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 03:26 (two years ago) link
lenker is the best songwriter of her generation
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 12:15 (two years ago) link
"wake me up to drive" is almost a magnetic fields song
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 12:18 (two years ago) link
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 12:15 (thirty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
while this may be a decent shout, a reminder that a certain ms natalie mering is going to be releasing something this year ;)
nonetheless i am excited to hear this in full, hopefully it'll be arresting all the way through
― imago, Monday, 7 February 2022 12:51 (two years ago) link
― scan bones into bonecoin (Clay), Monday, 7 February 2022 13:35 (two years ago) link
don't disagree with that, really, but give me Liz Stokes.
― alpine static, Monday, 7 February 2022 18:15 (two years ago) link
Does anyone know why that colored vinyl version on bandcamp is called "eco-friendly"? Is it made out of root beer flavored hard candy or something?
― Evan, Monday, 7 February 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
i'd guess it's made from recycled PVC?
― Barfl Suckown (Karl Malone), Monday, 7 February 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
i ordered it but now i'm worried that if it's made out of root beer flavored candy i will lick all the grooves away :(
― alpine static, Monday, 7 February 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
just preordered the regular black vinyl on bandcamp, been trying to avoid this thread and hearing the pre-release tracks
i find that, for me, the way albums are rolled out now with 4-5 advanced tracks trickling out over a few months tends to diminish my enjoyment for whatever reasons
really excited to hear this
all BIG SHOUT OUT TO BIG THIEF FOR SANE VINYL pricing - $25 for a double LP, not bad at all
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 7 February 2022 20:27 (two years ago) link
I don't like this thing where they prerelease like 10 different tracks then make you wait a long ass time for the whole record. IDGI
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 7 February 2022 20:46 (two years ago) link
Well the time flew, we’re 4 days away now…!
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Monday, 7 February 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
the 6 month rollout releasing nearly half of it as singles beforehand was a bit much yeah
― ufo, Monday, 7 February 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
insane record
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 02:31 (two years ago) link
ppl keep comparing it to the white album, but imo it is a thousand percent more tusk
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
yeah absolutely
if this was their white album then it'd lean into the eclecticism more and have a bunch of goofy throwaways but it's great and cohesive pretty much the whole way through
― ufo, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:09 (two years ago) link
I love the idea of releasing so many advance tracks
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
what's it gonna taaaaakewhat's it gonna taaaaakewhat's it gonna taaaaake
to freethe ce-lestialbody
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:16 (two years ago) link
"spud infinity" is so basement tapes in the best way
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link