Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Tue October 04, 2022 7:17 pm
by Norah
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Tue October 04, 2022 8:10 pm
by Mickey
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Tue October 04, 2022 8:12 pm
by Mickey
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Tue October 04, 2022 8:19 pm
by liebzz
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Tue October 04, 2022 8:56 pm
by Mickey
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Fri October 14, 2022 1:04 pm
by Captain Termite
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Fri November 18, 2022 1:53 am
by chuck taylor
I really like the new “Vampire Empire” song they’ve been playing on their current tour. It’s been stuck in my head today.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Fri April 14, 2023 5:35 pm
by Captain Termite
I think "Sadness as a Gift" is my favorite of their new (post-Dragon...) songs.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Wed September 13, 2023 12:44 pm
by dad
new song...
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Wed January 17, 2024 2:38 pm
by Captain Termite
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Wed January 17, 2024 2:59 pm
by Farmer John
Releasing Vampire Empire again on your solo album? Is that allowed?
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Wed January 17, 2024 3:07 pm
by dad
Farmer John wrote:Releasing Vampire Empire again on your solo album? Is that allowed?
are you going to stop her?
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Wed January 17, 2024 3:10 pm
by Farmer John
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!
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Wed January 17, 2024 3:12 pm
by Captain Termite
Farmer John wrote:Releasing Vampire Empire again on your solo album? Is that allowed?
If it is a different version, yes!
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Sun January 21, 2024 2:10 pm
by Bammer
Why can’t this thread just be called Big Thief
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Tue August 06, 2024 2:37 pm
by dad
a song that was left off of Bright Future.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
Posted: Thu August 08, 2024 3:31 pm
by Captain Termite
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.
Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread