Haley is a gorgeous song!
Does it sound like the opening from Minnie Ripperton’s Les Fleurs to anyone else? I’m not technical, can anyone who actually identify notes confirm it’s the same chords?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
not the same chords but I definitely see the sonic resemblence
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
Yes again I’m not a musician so not very technical. Haley sounds to me like it starts in G and Les Fleurs in E? They do have the same sort of feel.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
It's not just the key difference, Haley starts with an ascending pattern and Le Fleurs starts with a descending pattern.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:15 (six years ago) link
Haley also reminds me a lot of Jim O'Rourke's melodic stuff, can't put my finger on what in particular.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Oh I see! I can hear it now that you mention it!
Then if they’re different chords in a different order... Can you explain better than me why am I hearing the same sort of vibe in these two? Is it the drums? The production?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Maybe Life Goes Off? xp
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, October 17, 2017 5:19 PM (five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know if I can explain it well, but I think the drum groove is definitely noticeably similar except much faster on Haley, and there's a fingerpicked acoustic guitar arpeggiating chords on both, and the ascending base note over the g chord on Haley probably feels similar to the descending bass note over the E chord on Les Fleurs.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Yes I think that’s it. Lovely song either way!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:57 (six years ago) link
I keep thinking that it's Adrianne in the new iPhone 8+ commercial--it can't be her, right?
― bodak horseman (voodoo chili), Friday, 20 October 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
definitely not
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 20 October 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
haley is the best song i've heard all year and maybe my whole life
― Flogging Mommy (diamonddave85), Friday, 20 October 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
This is my favorite song so far from the pre-Big Thief EPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5HI9O4TBL8
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 20 October 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
(a live performance of it I mean)
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 20 October 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
First song in this set, :O
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QckxTQQ9XBo
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, 2 November 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
A lot of material I don't recognize, new album in the works already?
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Thursday, 2 November 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
Folks on this thread will appreciate this article: https://www.npr.org/2017/11/09/560267308/the-lore-of-big-thief
Also plz don't miss Adrianne's 2014 solo record: https://adriannelenker.bandcamp.com/. "Gone" is my go-to but the whole thing is fantastic.
― cowtownboo, Saturday, 11 November 2017 07:30 (six years ago) link
The solo record and the two with Buck Meek are all really nice.
That article is really nice too, although I'm constantly disappointed by the lack of basic musical knowledge of "music writers" who write stuff like this:
On songs like "Black Diamonds," the closing track off Capacity, Krivchenia's drums are breathing things, and he plays more to specific notes and chords than to a constant beat.
Like, that's not true at all, he plays a very steady beat. It's called accents and fills.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 12 November 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I mean I know what the writer is sort of trying to get at, the way the drums follow the guitar and vocals at certain moments, but it's a really inaccurate description.
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 12 November 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
Saw her tonight in brooklyn. Almost all new songs. Amazing. Really excited for the solo record.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 05:08 (six years ago) link
im jealous
― NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 05:13 (six years ago) link
I’m reaching a stage in my life where I only want to hear new songs in a concert, or at least songs I haven’t played heavily. When she did Paul and everyone went “WOO!” it kind of took me out of it.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
Haha what the hell
https://www.amazon.com/AdriAnne-Lenker-Live-Southern-DVD/dp/B000NKY4YK
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 23 March 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
Also:https://www.amazon.com/Stages-Sun-Adrianne-Lenker/dp/B008GFQ1AE/ref=pd_cp_74_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B008GFQ1AE&pd_rd_r=C5QH31RB7MQ8SPQR7XVG&pd_rd_w=TVzyw&pd_rd_wg=XFMKB&psc=1&refRID=C5QH31RB7MQ8SPQR7XVG
I'm assuming these are from her teenage "my dad was trying to make me into a rockstar" days
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 23 March 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
intro looks promising https://vimeo.com/2512754
― niels, Saturday, 24 March 2018 07:42 (six years ago) link
Lol wow
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 24 March 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watchv=VZvYnXP5Y2s
Stream of a limited edition cassette they're selling at shows
― just sayin, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 20:25 (six years ago) link
i don't think i even realized last year how special capacity is
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
Lenker solo is my most anticipated record right now.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 01:08 (five years ago) link
the recent Joe Meek record is really nice
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 June 2018 01:12 (five years ago) link
capacity truly is special, 'haley' is one of the best songs of the decade
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link
*Buck Meek, I should say, lol
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 June 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
i am so into this new song they played at pitchfork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YhTyNnr42A
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Sunday, 22 July 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
Any rumors about when the solo record might drop?
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 23 July 2018 00:46 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J_3pFuF29Q
october 5
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
Like but don’t love the two new tracks. Looking forward to the record as I loved a lot of the new stuff I heard live.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Monday, 17 September 2018 01:49 (five years ago) link
My main feeling on them so far is that they did a little too much with the production. Seeing her live was so revelatory, and it kind of made me yearn for an album of just her and a guitar and a lot of space. But also the songs I like the best that I think are supposed to be on the new record haven't been released yet.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 18 September 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
i like their production a lot. haven't heard the new stuff though
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 08:53 (five years ago) link
Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief) -- abysskiss
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 13 October 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
annoys me when all of an artist’s work merged into the thread for a single album
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 13 October 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
Meant to post "Interstate," because it's got that Wowee Zowee, meandering, fucked-up pop thing going for it
The melodic bit at the beginning of "Interstate" reminds me of The Amps' "I Am Decided" (this is good).
"Interstate" reminds me *so much* of some older/specific band... but I just can't place it. Maybe I will, eventually.
Big Thief has a way of bringing to mind other artists -- or other musical precedents that feel familiar -- without sounding at all "derivative."
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Friday, 17 January 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
it's been said before but i get a lot of Radiohead vibes, old and recent, from some of their stuff. especially the guitar solos
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 17 January 2020 23:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah - I'm not a Radiohead guy, but I've heard that said (here and elsewhere). I guess something like "Great White Shark" (on Capacity) sort of sounds like my conception of a certain type of Radiohead song (I could totally be wrong, though).
Re: "Interstate" -- I've listened back to some stuff, and that song kiiiinda reminds me of Beauty Pill... like something that could have appeared on The Unsustainable Lifestyle.
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Friday, 17 January 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
I've also mentioned, in the Two Hands thread, how some of the band's mellow, chiming songs have sort of a Pinback vibe.
(I don't know if it's really useful or interesting to catalog these "reminds-me-of's"... but I do like gathering touchpoints like this.)
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Saturday, 18 January 2020 00:01 (four years ago) link
“Watering” has a bit of a Deerhunter feel
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Sunday, 19 January 2020 02:07 (four years ago) link
Love Radiohead, love Big Thief but don’t really hear the correlation.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 19 January 2020 07:49 (four years ago) link
they don't sound the same but certain fleeting moments remind me of particular Radiohead 'bits'.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Sunday, 19 January 2020 10:07 (four years ago) link
“Haley” has a bit of a Slapp Happy sound (...ok, I’ll stop now)
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Sunday, 19 January 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
Basically, they have many great bands in their DNA.
― stop creeping my instagram storiez (morrisp), Sunday, 19 January 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link