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 Post subject: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
PostPosted: Wed November 17, 2021 2:35 am 
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 Post subject: Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
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you're the goddamn best.

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i love the full band version, but this one is just b-e-a-you-tee-full.


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I am a fan of these guys, but haven't invested in their albums too heavily as yet. I do know that often I hear a song on the radio, think that's familiar, and when I check it its invariably Big Thief. Weird.

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i only learned of these sessions tonight.

two things of note:

1. what happened to her tooth? has it always been missing? not a dealbreaker, but it took me aback at first. hadn't noticed it in earlier clips of them.

2. the throat-singing around the 3:10 mark...i kind of like it.


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I am a fan of these guys, but haven't invested in their albums too heavily as yet. I do know that often I hear a song on the radio, think that's familiar, and when I check it its invariably Big Thief. Weird.

i knew you'd be into them. additional proof of your good taste.

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"The singer-songwriter-guitarist of Big Thief lost an incisor in a bike accident a few years ago. When she finally gets a permanent replacement, she figures she’ll probably go with bone-white, but it has been fun to temporarily have a gold tooth—an external gesture toward a more private treasure. “It’s just a space holder, until I can get an implant,” Lenker says."

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Ah yes, the jerky motion guitar man band. They're not bad!

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Higgs wrote:
I am a fan of these guys, but haven't invested in their albums too heavily as yet. I do know that often I hear a song on the radio, think that's familiar, and when I check it its invariably Big Thief. Weird.

i knew you'd be into them. additional proof of your good taste.

Ha! I finally just listened to your RM Voice Interview - nice job! I got to the end and forgot I'd asked you a question, so was kinda surprised when Bammer said "Higgs has a question for you" (gotta drink less when I RM, I tell ya).

You recommended Bill Callahan/Smog to me, and I must admit I haven't heard a lot of him, although his name is dropped around here quite a bit. So that's my task for the week - Ima listen to some Bill Callahan/Smog tunes. I will report back!

On a related side-note I'da killed that question about getting away with murder btw. I have it all sorted. Bwa-ha-ha...

Oh, for thread integrity, I am currently listening to Adrianne Lenker's 2020 album "songs". Very distinctive voice she has.

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Adrianne Lenker looks like Corey Feldman


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I like this band

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Ello Sailor wrote:
Ah yes, the jerky motion guitar man band. They're not bad!

It’s mesmerizing to watch.


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spike wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:
Ah yes, the jerky motion guitar man band. They're not bad!

It’s mesmerizing to watch.

it truly is.

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ghost brings up a solid point about them. In nearly all the press photos of them, someone has an arm or hand on another member of the band.

also, there's a new yorker profile of lenker, and it mentions that her and buck meek were once married, but are divorced, and now just "deep friends." maybe they're all deep friends.

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Adrianne Lenker looks like Corey Feldman

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Buck Meek?? Didn't he release a solo album last year as well??

I'm all over this band and I don't even know it!

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Higgs wrote:
Buck Meek?? Didn't he release a solo album last year as well??

I'm all over this band and I don't even know it!

I put them on your mix last year Higgs.


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Chris_H_2 wrote:
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Buck Meek?? Didn't he release a solo album last year as well??

I'm all over this band and I don't even know it!

I put them on your mix last year Higgs.

busted.

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 Post subject: Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
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Nah, I knew that. I actually played that mix again a few Fridays ago. Was in the mood for some fem vox and thought to myself "I know what to listen to".

I've heard a reasonable amount of their stuff, just haven't spent a lot of time with the full albums is all.

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There are so many things about this band that rub me the wrong way. The constant touching/hugging/laying on each other in band photos, Buck Meek's herky jerky guitar motions, Lenker's voice sometimes. It makes them hard to like, for me. But Masterpiece and Not are incredible. And Buck Meek's solo album is probably in my top 3 of 2021. If they could lay off the contrivances a bit they'd probably be my favorite band.


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 Post subject: Re: This Place Smells Like Piss and Beer: A Big Thief Thread
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masterpiece and not are my top songs by them as well.

and I've seen other people comment on this before, but they often sound a little like crazy horse, and i love that comparison.

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