This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Tue October 04, 2022 7:17 pm

Captain Termite wrote:
Norris wrote:missed them this spring, and now i'm upset they're not coming back to Boston next year
Drive down to New Haven, the jewel of mid-coast Connecticutt.

Absolutely not.

Post by **Mickey** » Tue October 04, 2022 8:10 pm

liebzz wrote:I do really like this album now revisiting it, but I do wish it was about 5 songs shorter.

I had the same thought, now that the initial glow has faded a bit.

Post by **Mickey** » Tue October 04, 2022 8:12 pm

Mickey wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a really cool record. So far, I'm not sure (like most double albums) why it needs to be a double record.
Because for three years people were like "damn if Two Hands and UFOF were one album it would have been album of the year" and they were like bitch watch this.

Though I remain correct in the above regard.

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Tue October 04, 2022 8:19 pm

It’s admittedly exhausting. But not every double album needs to be a single for me…it’s that this album really shines when they get weird and the contrasting overly folkie songs then feel besides the point…like you are waiting them out so that they can get funky and crazy again. I really like Change, Time Escaping, Spud Infinity, Certainty, Sparrow, Little Things, Heavy Bend, Red Moon, No Reason, Wake Me Up to Drive, Simulation Swarm, Love Love Love, and Blue Lightning. There’s nothing wrong per se with the other songs. I just don’t need them on this album.

Post by **Mickey** » Tue October 04, 2022 8:56 pm

Yeah I agree with that. A folksy song here or there, like "Wolf"--> "Replaced" on Two Hands, works great, but there's a few too many tracks that feel like interludes on this one.

Captain Termite · Post by **Captain Termite** » Fri October 14, 2022 1:04 pm

I was on a long drive last weekend and had the chance to listen to Dragon New... in toto, from Change to Blue Lightning. I had not done that prior. As is usually the case with good double albums, the songs that I don't love are a little better in this context.

From this listen, 12,000 Lines finally clicked for me. I hadn't given it much of a chance and found it boring, but now I think it is really pretty.

chuck taylor · Post by **chuck taylor** » Fri November 18, 2022 1:53 am

I really like the new “Vampire Empire” song they’ve been playing on their current tour. It’s been stuck in my head today.

Captain Termite · Post by **Captain Termite** » Fri April 14, 2023 5:35 pm

I think "Sadness as a Gift" is my favorite of their new (post-Dragon...) songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-XpZ1jvDm0

dad · Post by **dad** » Wed July 19, 2023 12:32 am

new song is out tomorrow...Vampire Empire.

they've been playing it on tour, but it gets an official release now.

Captain Termite · Post by **Captain Termite** » Mon July 24, 2023 4:26 pm

Their set from the other night in Chicago is on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgwBsusfEI0

Free Treasure!

dad · Post by **dad** » Wed September 13, 2023 12:44 pm

new song...

Captain Termite · Post by **Captain Termite** » Wed January 17, 2024 2:38 pm

Adrianne Lenker's next solo album will be out in March, and it will include the aforementioned Sadness as a Gift, Free Treasure, and Vampire Empire.

Farmer John · Post by **Farmer John** » Wed January 17, 2024 2:59 pm

Releasing Vampire Empire again on your solo album? Is that allowed?

dad · Post by **dad** » Wed January 17, 2024 3:07 pm

Farmer John wrote:Releasing Vampire Empire again on your solo album? Is that allowed?

are you going to stop her?

Farmer John · Post by **Farmer John** » Wed January 17, 2024 3:10 pm

dad wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Releasing Vampire Empire again on your solo album? Is that allowed?
are you going to stop her?

If it's the last thing I do!

Captain Termite · Post by **Captain Termite** » Wed January 17, 2024 3:12 pm

Farmer John wrote:Releasing Vampire Empire again on your solo album? Is that allowed?

If it is a different version, yes!

Post by **Bammer** » Sun January 21, 2024 2:10 pm

Why can’t this thread just be called Big Thief

dad · Post by **dad** » Tue August 06, 2024 2:37 pm

a song that was left off of Bright Future.

Captain Termite · Post by **Captain Termite** » Thu August 08, 2024 3:31 pm

Their bassist is no longer in the band. They are on a brief European tour before Adrianne Lenker resumes her solo tour, and are playing with a new bassist and a second drummer. They also have debuted 9-10 new songs.

dad · Post by **dad** » Wed February 05, 2025 4:42 pm

this is pretty cool. might pick it up.

https://pitchfork.com/news/big-thief-re ... f-efforts/

Red Mosquito

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