| Big Thief / Masterpiece |
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| Album: | Masterpiece | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Big Thief | Added: | Mar 2017 | |
| Label: | Saddle Creek | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-04-05 | Pull Date: | 2017-06-07 |
| Week Ending: | May 28 | May 7 | Apr 30 | Apr 23 | Apr 16 | Apr 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 04, 2021: | Hanging In The Bone Yard Masterpiece | 4. | Feb 20, 2019: | nearby galaxies Real Love | |
| 2. | May 25, 2019: | Alien Hour Parallels | 5. | Jan 23, 2019: | nearby galaxies Real Love | |
| 3. | Feb 27, 2019: | nearby galaxies Interstate | 6. | Nov 09, 2018: | Tell Me I'm Pretty Humans |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2017-03-29 | ||
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Heavy, swaggery rock ’n roll four-piece anchored by the razor sharp singing and autobiographical songwriting of Adrienne Lenker. They’re on Bright Eyes’ old label Saddle Creek, which makes sense because they play a lot with emo bands but have more of a 90s heartland alt-rock sensibility. Cathartic, emotionally bracing, with brief folk moments among the full-on rock. They’re getting big pretty fast, and for good reason. RIYL Magnolia Electric Co, Mitski, Angel Olsen, Pinegrove. FCCs on 2, 3 (borderline), 7. Favorites: 4, 5, 7, 12. 1. (1:58)—Lo-fi recording of acoustic guitar and vocals. 2. (3:51)—FCC (“this place smells like p***”). Loud, slow strut, reminds me of Heartless Bastards. 3. (2:19)—Borderline FCC (there’s no obscene language, but it’s pretty obvious what her lover’s doing). Mid-tempo, driving, pretty. 4. *(4:17)—Slow and loud, epic. Builds twice in four minutes. Great noisy guitar breakdown. 5. *(3:24)—Mid-tempo, tight, catchy, a little surfy. Whispered vocals. Last 30 seconds sound like they came from a childhood home video. 6. (1:54)—Slow, melancholy guitar picking. Heavy Marissa Nadler feel. 7. *(3:04)—FCC (s***), but this song is so good you should play it all the time during safe harbor. Slow, smooth, seductive, chill-inducing, with lava flow guitar and the catchiest chorus on the entire record. 8. (3:23)—Mid-tempo, propulsive bash-out. High-pitched, strained vocals. 9. (2:36)—Multitracked fingerpicked guitar. Freak folk-ish. 10. (3:06)—Alternates between slow, somewhat mathy verses and fast, sunny choruses. 11. (3:09)—Simple ballad with woozy fingerpicked electric guitar. Ends with recording of bird sounds. 12. *(4:23)—Slow, warm, sad, grand. If it’s not safe harbor and you can’t play track 7, this is similar. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Little Arrow | 7. | Paul | |||
| 2. | Masterpiece | 8. | Humans | |||
| 3. | Vegas | 9. | Velvet Ring | |||
| 4. | Real Love | 10. | Animals | |||
| 5. | Interstate | 11. | Randy | |||
| 6. | Lorraine | 12. | Parallels |