new thread?
― sleeve, Friday, 11 October 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWW-eKX8uSo
great performance
― ufo, Friday, 11 October 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
I still prefer U.F.O.F., but this new one is great
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 11 October 2019 23:42 (four years ago) link
I listened to this once through on the way home. It’s incredibly rich and dense and almost overwhelming at first but I immediately wanted to listen to it again and will tonight. The real jaw dropping moment for me was the end of Not follows by Wolf. I actually cried a bit.
I love the sound of the record. It’s very in the room with the band, but with a touch of hyper realty. I almost felt like they were right in front of me, which is an odd sensation while driving a car.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 12 October 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link
What a double whammy. This fucking band right now.
― Mule, Sunday, 13 October 2019 08:59 (four years ago) link
The chord progression on "Strange" is wild. Very rare to hear these kinds of twists and turns in indie music.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 14:59 (four years ago) link
High on the list of U.F.O.F.'s numerous virtues is the brief, economical, gorgeous guitar solo that closes out "Century."
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:27 (four years ago) link
hey, that's my favorite moment on the whole album
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 23:34 (four years ago) link
i do not get the rapturous praise from this band, which apparently comes from all quarters
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
uh FOR this band
I meant to say
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
It's okay -- I was with you until September.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
if I were to be unkind I would say the hype is based on their terrible haircuts lol - cuz I sure don't hear that much remarkable in the playing or the writing (granted the lead singer's voice has a timbre I'm not fond of). It's just weird to see what scans to me as a garden-variety indie rock band with guitars getting praised to the skies in this day and age. As opposed to someone like Kurt Vile or Courtney Barnett when once you see them play it's like "oh, right this person has guitar chops for days". Obviously I'm not hearing what other people are...
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:00 (four years ago) link
The Crazy Horse vibe they strike on occasion is pretty awesome and the songwriting isn't as pedestrian as most of their peers' ('Cattails' is compellingly unsettling). Shame about her voice, though, which ruins everything.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:02 (four years ago) link
Shakey, when have I liked bands based on terrible hair
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
the songwriting isn't as pedestrian as most of their peers'
Understatement of the century, lol. The songwriting is astounding.
― dad genes (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:04 (four years ago) link
BT singer also has serious guitar chops
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
how douchey the dudes in this band look really put me off tbh. they seem pretty good from what I've heard, tho not really my thing
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
lol Alfred
xps
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
Tbf they only look douchey on 85% of the pics I've seen.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:07 (four years ago) link
singer also has serious guitar chops
idk I just watched the clips for "Not" (upthread) and some other recent TV appearance (Kimmel) and in both the singer's just strumming a few open chords, while the other guitarist is picking arpeggios higher up the neck around a single chord shape. idgi
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
There are some serious fashion faux pas going on, especially the bass player and drummer, but they lean into it so hard, I just have to laugh.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:09 (four years ago) link
musicians with bad fashion and appalling haircuts, you hate to see it
― omar little, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
https://thefader-res.cloudinary.com/private_images/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best/unnamed_ay8kk0/big-thief-ufof-interview-adrianne-lenker.jpg
What kind of hat is that?
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
he's just back from building a barn in east PA
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:14 (four years ago) link
I haven't had the opportunity yet to see them live (though tix go on sale tmrrw for a show here in August) -- but I've been absorbed in their albums for the past few weeks ,deeper than I've been absorbed in anything for a while. They're just so good... top-percentile albums. I'm astonished by the quality of the songwriting and performances.
Also, you can't judge a band by a ropey TV performance, everyone knows that!
― dad genes (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:25 (four years ago) link
I will concede that Adrianne's voice may be an "acquired taste" (as I'm reminded when my wife gives me a "What the f are you listening to?" look) -- but I completely forget about that, or no longer hear it, when I'm absorbed in their music.
― dad genes (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:28 (four years ago) link
lol the first time I put it on my wife was instinctively irritated by Lenker's voice as well and she's generally more lenient in indie rock-related matters than I am.
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
The voice is the strongest element imo; striking and distinctive. The instrumental music is fine but not usually mind-blowing imo so it all depends on the songs. A few really grab me, the rest I don't mind and may continue to grow on me.
― With considerable charm, you still have made a choice (Sund4r), Thursday, 6 February 2020 05:26 (four years ago) link
High on the list of U.F.O.F.'s numerous virtues is the brief, economical, gorgeous guitar solo that closes out "Century."― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, January 28, 2020 6:27 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, January 28, 2020 6:27 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
like the album but that solo on "jenny" reminds me of successfully tackling the guitar solo of "go your own way" on rock band 2.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 6 February 2020 05:59 (four years ago) link
Haha, I love a good one-note gtr solo
― dad genes (morrisp), Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_ax0XYn1E
fantastic footage of one of the new songs they were playing on tour
― ufo, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 01:27 (four years ago) link
Sounds really nice. Are those fancy new custom guitars of some sort?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:31 (four years ago) link
they both play collings iirc. high-end maker out of austin.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 02:33 (four years ago) link
^when ur Casio DG-1 is in the shop
Anyway, that song -- OMG! I'm instantly obsessed. What does it remind me of(??) Some specific early-'90s hippie/granola rock touchpoint...?
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 03:08 (four years ago) link
Here's another good recording (different show):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bir8m4Q0yDk
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 03:11 (four years ago) link
holy shit, I can't believe this song... it's like the best thing you ever heard a cool older kid playing on a summer-camp mixtape when you're 12 years old
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
The only songs it specifically brings to mind, sound/vibe–wise, are Rush's "Time Stand Still" and Collective Soul's "December"... silly/inapt reference points as these may be.
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 03:32 (four years ago) link
It also has sort of a peak-R.E.M. feel (though not necessarily “sound”). I can absolutely picture this song, appearing on a fuzzy live tape of an unsigned band, causing a total A&R frenzy circa 1991.
― Inadequate grass (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 05:33 (four years ago) link
that rhythm section needs a podcast or a sitcom or something
― alpine static, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 06:10 (four years ago) link
Ha, I'd listen to that.
It does sound like a song I've known most of my life, something to fall back on. It's reassuringly life-affirming.
― Hey, let me drunkenly animate yr boats in about 25 to 60 days! (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 09:35 (four years ago) link
XX post. re the guitars - they've been playing those two Collings guitars almost exclusively for a few years now. Maybe some kind of endorsement. Otherwise you're talking five grand each.
― Duke, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
that's a great song (& nice sounding guitars), i'd love to see them live, they seem to be a band better in concert than in the studio...
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 25 May 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link
this band fucking rules
― treeship., Friday, 14 August 2020 03:16 (three years ago) link
i don't have that much more to say. i was listening to fordham radio and heard a live version of 'masterpiece.' it just ripped
― treeship., Friday, 14 August 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link