Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I POLL You

Simulation Swarm really stood out on this revisit. Glad we polled it

Top looks good to me. Delightfully surprised by "No Reason" as high as it is.

It's their most unabashedly pretty song, so not much of a mystery there.
I'm conversely puzzled by the love for Little Things and Blurred View

imagine a song as good as "Time Escaping" not getting a single vote out of 31 cast.

this album is incredible. a few things i'd probably lop off given the chance, but man there are a lot of great songs here.

that said, i like "Spud Infinity" just fine but i don't get the love. i guess i thought everyone talking about in the album thread was being ironic or something.

I would have given sparrow a vote. No reason really the standout on this album though lets all be honest with ourselves

Just taking the excuse to post this again. She posted it on her IG about a year before the album came out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRReuyuyk9I

Thanks for posting, great version

I would have voted for “Change.” It’s a wonderful opening track, draws you right in.

I'm conversely puzzled by the love for Little Things and Blurred View

― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin)

Blurred View was the song that made the heaviest impression on me when I first listened to the album, I was not expecting a sad mantra-like Trip-hop song that sounds like it’s coming from an old, dusty speaker in an album more rooted in folk/indie rock. I can see why fans of their usual sound wouldn’t like it, it’s an outlier and it’s probably more of a mood piece compared to more structures songs on this album.

Structured*

It also feels very specifically to me as a wormhole to the sort of music I loved in my pre-teen years. For a while when I was like 14 my favorite song was “girl boy” by Blonde Redhead. And “blurred view” sort of shares the same DNA, in my ears at least.

I also like how it sounds like it’s a sampled loop but it’s also very clearly not. There’s all sort of things falling in and out of it. Gives it a very loose psychedelic vibe…

But I really get why it’s not for everyone. Or why some people would consider it a skippable song.

I’d be so down for an album of big thief doing more of this sort of spooky lo-fi atmospheric pieces and less of the hippie fiddles and jaw harps.

(I do like the hippie fiddles and jaw harps)

There is just so much to love and appreciate about this album.

I think this is my favorite album from this decade.

― Bee OK, Tuesday, January 23, 2024

I listened to this album, with my friend, on my way to Slowdive. They were also very impressed. Stand by the above statement, even if it wasn't that long ago.