Texas-bred singer/songwriter and Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek announces his new album, Haunted Mountain, which following his beloved 2021 album Two Saviors. The new album is about love and … something other. Something bigger than love, something that doesn’t challenge love exactly but stands in contrast to it. A soulfulness, or a soul-seeking fullness. Meek…
This week’s smashers start with Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, a sprawling double LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of Adrianne Lenker, Max Oleartchik, Buck Meek and James Krivchenia desired in 2020, the band decided to write and record a…
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is a sprawling double-LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of Adrianne Lenker, Max Oleartchik, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia desired in 2020, the band decided to write and record a rambling account of growth as…
Once again we have winnowed 6 splendid recommendations from the chaff of this week’s releases. First is Giants Of All Sizes, the eighth studio album by Elbow. Lead singer and lyricist Guy Garvey describes the album as: “an angry, old blue lament which finds its salvation in family, friends, the band and new life.” This…
Two Hands is the second album in less than a year from American indie rock band Big Thief. Where U.F.O.F. layered mysterious sounds and effects for levitation, Two Hands grounds itself on dried-out, cracked desert dirt. The album had to be different from its predecessor, and it was predominantly recorded live with almost no overdubs.…
We start of this week’s 6 lovelies with Joy Williams, formerly one half of The Civil Wars, who brings us her second solo album, Front Porch, and it’s a smasher! Already receiving praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, this album returns to the folk-oriented emotions of her Civil Wars days and has produced 12…
U.F.O.F., with F standing for ‘Friend’, is the name of the highly anticipated third record by Big Thief. It was recorded in rural western Washington at Bear Creek Studios with engineer Dom Monks, and producer Andrew Sarlo, who was also behind their previous albums. The New York-based band, featuring Adrianne Lenker (guitar, vocals), Buck Meek…