Big Thief / Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Album: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You   Collection:General
Artist:Big Thief   Added:May 2022
Label:4AD  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2022-06-14 Pull Date: 2022-08-16
Week Ending: Aug 14 Aug 7 Jul 31 Jul 24 Jul 17 Jul 10 Jul 3 Jun 26
Airplays: 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 1

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 31, 2024: Hanging in the Boneyard
12,000 Lines
4. Mar 21, 2024: elemenohps & qs
Blue Lightning
2. Aug 01, 2024: Phone Scam
Flower Of Blood
5. Feb 01, 2024: Fermentation Station
Heavy Bend
3. May 01, 2024: sunday drive
Simulation Swarm
6. Jan 18, 2024: Sorry to bother you
Simulation Swarm

Album Review
Mr. Bones
Reviewed 2022-05-18
Like its title, DNWMIBIY is both long and whimsical. It contains a poe-purri of styles including Copeland-esq country hoe-down, trip-hop and shoegaze with Adrianne Lenker's warbally, laconic vocals backed by relatively spare instrumentation being the common factor in them (and perhaps the low-fi, Alan Lomax recording style). Ditto for the subject matter which includes vape pens, wild hairdos, potatoes and the damage we are doing to planet Earth. Looking for something playful and a bit zany to play on your indie/Americana show, give 'Dragon a spin.

RIYL: Lord Huron, Courtney Barnett, Barr Brothers

1 Change - low key instrumentation accentuates AL's plaintive vocal styling (slow, 4:56)**
2 Time Escaping - semi-chaotic with plucked strings & exotic sound effects  (med, 3:49)**
3 Spud Infinity - lovely, country toe-tapper opens with fiddle & mouth harp (med , 5:36)**
4 Certainty - fun duet with Buck Meek? over simple bass & snare drum (med, 3:09)*
5 Dragon New... - soft &  ethereal with finger picked guitar & soft synths (soft, 4:44)
6 Sparrow - soft & dreamy homage to birds, builds to lovely harmony (slow , 5:12)*
7 Little Things - fun, mildly chaotic, shoegaze about falling in love in NYC (fast, 5:45)
8 Heavy Bend - (slow, 1:37)
9 Flower of Blood - shoegazey, about violence & intimacy with trippy guitar (med, 4:25)
10 Blurred View - melancholic, trip-hop with distorted guitar (fast , 4:07)
11 Red Moon - drop dead beautiful countryish track with bass & fiddle playing off AL's vocals (fast, 4:23)***
12 Dried Roses - waltz with acoustic guitar & fiddle (slow, 2;36)
13 No Reason - dreampop with nice flute (med, 3:45)
14 Wake Me Up to Drive - soft & bouncy with accordion backing (med, 3:44)
15 Promise Is A Pendulum - vocals over finger picked guitar (slow, 4:13)
16 12,000 Lines - AL's vocals really shine with simple guitar & drums (slow, 2:59)***
17 Simulation Swarm - trippy with interesting distorted guitar in break (med, 4:13)*
18 Love Love Love - ominous, Nick Cave sort of feel (med, 4:14)
19 The Only Place - AL playing finger picked guitar about the apocalypse (med, 3:15)
20 Blue Lightning - fun, country-ish toe tapper with fuzzy guitar (med, 3:52)**

Track Listing
1. Change   11. Red Moon
2. Time Escaping   12. Dried Roses
3. Spud Infinity   13. No Reason
4. Certainty   14. Wake Me Up To Drive
5. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You   15. Promise Is a Pendulum
6. Sparrow   16. 12,000 Lines
7. Little Things   17. Simulation Swarm
8. Heavy Bend   18. Love Love Love
9. Flower Of Blood   19. The Only Place
10. Blurred View   20. Blue Lightning