Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (February 11, 2022) Album • Page 50

i don't think it's inappropriate to say that considering the fuckup their PR guy made alongside it and that they only cancelled bc of the blowback lol

 

I kind of assumed that even if it's real they’d hold it til next year tbh given where they stand PR wise right now

 

I’m glad they canceled but it did feel kind of hollow and I haven’t listened to them since I think

 

I mean I’ll be honest, this is still my AOTY and they’re still one of my favorite bands, but I also understand why they lost goodwill with some people and respect anyone who wants to be done with them.

 

This was my AOTY, I may come back to this band and reevaluate the situation but its left such a bad taste in my mind that I'm just going to omit it for now.

Rat Tally current AOTY

 

If anyone missed the Dragon demo released on earth day, it's available again only for today (a bandcamp friday) on this £25 comp of 100 songs from the EarthPercent earth day project.

EarthPercent x Earth Day Compilation Album - Bandcamp

 

Some big venues. On sale Friday, some have a presale Thursday

Feb 07 - Nashville, TN - VENUE
Feb 10 - Fayetteville, AR - SPUD
Feb 15 - Austin, TX - SPUD
Feb 17 - New Orleans, LA - SPUD
Mar 02 - New York, NY - SOCIAL
UK (all?) - SPUDINFINITY

Spotify presale Wednesday - BLUELIGHTNING

 

Mary Remington (eponym of the song "Mary") self-released an album in 2020 that featured Adrianne, James, and Twain. It was taken down over a year ago but it's getting re-released by an actual label in Feb 2023. Preorder here. First single will be out tomorrow

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There's a Judee Sill documentary coming out soon which will include interviews and/or performances from Adrianne and Buck plus numerous others like Robin Pecknold, Weyes Blood, Graham Nash

Trailer here, doc premieres in NYC on Nov 13 and online Nov 14-27

 

First Asia Tour started last night, they played two new songs

Vampire Empire

unknown, not on the setlist

 

Holy shit “Vampire Empire”

 

Seeing them in 10 days in Melbourne, can't wait.
My Big Thief Journey started about 4 years ago and they instantly rocketed into one of my favourite current bands.

 

New tattoos

 

Looks like they played another brand new one today. They've played over 20 unreleased songs at this point (including solo ones). I really hope we get news of some sort of release within the next few months

 

Some new shows just added. Also looks like Buck will be opening for the Feb US tour. Not sure if he'll be on every date but he's been announced for about half of them so far.

Feb 02 - State Theatre, Portland, ME
Feb 12 - The Studio at The Factory, Dallas, TX
Feb 26 - Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, VA

Apr 21 - Salzhaus, Winterthur, Switzerland

 

Two Grammy nominations. Can't see them winning either of these but cool to get some recognition

Best Alternative Music Performance
Arctic Monkeys - There’d Better Be a Mirrorball
Big Thief - Certainty
Florence and the Machine - King
Wet Leg - Chaise Lounge
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Featuring Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

Best Alternative Music Album
Arcade Fire - WE
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Björk - Fossora
Wet Leg - Wet Leg
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool It Down

 

Saw them last night, was every bit as good as I had hoped.
Adrienne said her voice was feeling a bit frail so she wanted to keep it more subdued. Still absolutely tore the place apart when needed.

Vampire Empire is such a jam live, wow.

Firs gig in a few years, I am so happy it was them

 

Another brand new one yesterday

https://www.facebook.com/harrymwilliams/videos/8571545246219885

 

In a short Japanese interview, they mention wanting to build a recording studio. Can't imagine how much music they'll put out if they actually do it

 

This is worth a watch if you’ve seen a recent gig, being a few days after my Melbourne gig, it felt spot on.

It added some oomph to my feelings on Vampire Empire

 

That version of Masterpiece (at 17:33) sung over the first chord of Spud is pretty great. Wish there was a full video of that. Also don't think I've ever heard a NZ accent with Rs like that. Sounds like it's mixed with Irish

 

This album is doing fairly well on end of year lists

Rank - Source
1 - NPR (rock category)
1 - Paste
1 - OOR (Netherlands)
3 - Exclaim!
4 - Double J
5 - Uncut
7 - Consequence of Sound
7 - Pitchfork (#1 in readers' poll)
8 - Stereogum
24 - NME
24 - The Guardian
33 - Billboard (staff list)
35 - Rolling Stone

Simulation Swarm and Spud Infinity have ended up on a few top song lists. However, I haven't seen any lists that include the song that's actually up for a Grammy.

Almost a full year since its release, how does everyone feel this album has aged?

 

its my second favorite of the year, and one of 3 I struggled with picking a favorite with.

 

It landed at number one on my end of the year list!