This month sees the release of Adrianne Lenker’s 120-minute album, Live at Revolution Hall, on which she performs “a myriad of songs; some new, some rare, some favorites, and beyond, in front of an audience and behind the scenes.”
Dance of Love feels like it could turn out to be Tucker Zimmerman’s Basement Tapes. Everything about it is fresh and spontaneous, music made on its own terms but with a spirit of collaborative generosity.
At every turn, Big Thief exposes their willingness to experiment and create sounds that puts them in a category all their own. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You is a stunning new collection that goes everywhere with the most impressive results.
At Bush Hall, Big Thief play through their upcoming second release for 2019, Two Hands, from top to bottom. This is the first time they have played the new album in this way and many of the songs have never been played in live performances till now.
With fans still reeling from the immersive sounds of ‘U.F.O.F.’, Big Thief announces new album ‘Two Hands’, a follow-up “earth twin” from which they share lead single “Not” ahead of a special intimate show at Bush Hall in London, next Monday (19th).
The album’s strongest standalone tracks come in the middle, as the LP slowly builds its own sort of momentum between the lo-fi Elliot Smith sounding ‘out of your mind’ and ‘blue-red horses’. In between, ‘cradle’ has a gorgeous serenity that recalls Julie Byrne’s 2017 release Not Even Happiness.
