Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I POLL You

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Simulation Swarm 7
Spud Infinity 5
No Reason 4
Little Things 4
Certainty 3
Blurred View 3
Change 3
Flower of Blood 2
Love Love Love 0
The Only Place 0
12,000 Lines 0
Promise Is a Pendulum 0
Wake Me Up to Drive 0
Dried Roses 0
Red Moon 0
Heavy Bend 0
Sparrow 0
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You 0
Time Escaping 0
Blue Lightning 0


ufo, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 11:21 (one year ago)

for me it's probably "flower of blood" or "little things" these days but "no reason" could be up there too? astoundingly generous album

ufo, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 11:36 (one year ago)

taeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 12:46 (one year ago)

Could pick about half the album but defaulted to “Simulation Swarm.”

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 13:18 (one year ago)

"No Reason" for its melody and the flute.

poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 13:58 (one year ago)

"Blurred View" by a wide margin for me
(as someone eagerly awaiting Portishead's Fourth if it ever arrives, much prefers U.F.O.F. as a full-length listen/production, and was first floored by Shawn Everett's sound design [w/ B. Mills' input there, but still] on Alabama Shakes' Sound & Color)

If I luge, if I luge, if I luge you on the track (Craig D.), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 14:53 (one year ago)

maffew12 otm

but since that will probably get lots of votes, i'll mention “blue lightning,” which pops into my head all the time. buried at the end of the album, but it’s one of its prettiest melodies. love buck meek’s country-fried guitar solo

kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:22 (one year ago)

Considering:

Change
Spud Infinity
Certainty
Little Things
Simulation Swarm

Indexed, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:44 (one year ago)

Should I listen to this album if I thought Capacity was perfect and the two albums after it were uneven and not my thing?

The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 19:46 (one year ago)

Yes!

maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:09 (one year ago)

Yes!

poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:24 (one year ago)

Hard. Lots of great tunes but no standout. I'll go with Certainty.

nostormo, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:34 (one year ago)

I think this is my favorite album from this decade, voting for "Simulation Swarm"

Bee OK, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 02:40 (one year ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 5 February 2024 00:01 (one year ago)

Flower of Blood or Blurred View

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:05 (one year ago)

Fuck it blurred view

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 5 February 2024 02:13 (one year ago)

GOd I loved this to bits when it came out and then one day I couldn't listen to it any more. I wonder if my feelings towards it might have changed if I listened to it today? Hard not to vote for Spud Infinity but No Reason, Red Moon, Blue Lightning and Promise Is A Pendulum are also all very lovely

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 09:56 (one year ago)

going with "flower of blood"

ufo, Monday, 5 February 2024 09:58 (one year ago)

but since that will probably get lots of votes, i'll mention “blue lightning,” which pops into my head all the time. buried at the end of the album, but it’s one of its prettiest melodies. love buck meek’s country-fried guitar solo

otm

voting spud infinity though change is one of the all time three chord songs and lyrics hit hard

red moon an effortless joy

they may never top this

corrs unplugged, Monday, 5 February 2024 10:08 (one year ago)

I'm not at all a country fan, but it's the country-flavoured moments that really lift this record for me

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 11:50 (one year ago)

Have to say, I was unmoved by Vampire Empire; in fact it brought out BT's more cloying tendencies

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 11:50 (one year ago)

Should I listen to this album if I thought Capacity was perfect and the two albums after it were uneven and not my thing?

― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Tuesday, January 23, 2024 7:46 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

I couldn't imagine enjoying Capacity but not UFOF - I guess Capacity is more immediate? Anyway, you definitely should check this one, it's their best and also a lot more varied in style than anything they've done before so you're bound to find something you like

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 12:00 (one year ago)

Closest thing I would compare it to is something like Wowee Zowee where it's sprawling yet all of a piece, and you could play it in any order and have a good time

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 12:01 (one year ago)

Of course it's not just about the big moments, but there are lovely understated tracks like Heavy Bend that really stand out once Spud Infinity finally wears thin

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 12:17 (one year ago)

I was unmoved by Vampire Empire; in fact it brought out BT's more cloying tendencies

studio version just wasn't a good recording of it, "born for loving you" suffered in the same way

ufo, Monday, 5 February 2024 12:41 (one year ago)

Where can I hear a good version pls ufo?

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 13:05 (one year ago)

Man, Promise Is A Pendulum is still so tender and heartbreaking. This album didn't come out all that long ago but listening to it again for the first time in a while drives home what a different wplace my head was in 2020 compared to today.

I was not long out of a relationship that had lasted through almost all of the Covid era until it didn't, subsquently falling obsessively in love with a friend who didn't feel reciprocal. This album was the soundtrack to that bittersweet year of angst and soul-searching but also the most fun I'd had in my adult life due to that post-lockdown upswing, going to festivals, holidays, nightclubs again and witnessing people smiling again, a huge relief.

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 13:11 (one year ago)

I couldn't be in a calmer place these days by contrast

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 13:12 (one year ago)

Listenign to this today it's not the Red Moons and Spud Infinities that are standing out to me, rather the ones I overlooked at the time. Love Love Love and The Only Place are really great. Always enjoyed Simulation Swarm, but boy it's raising the hairs on my neck. Even Wake Me Up To Drive (which I didn't really like) was doing it for me today

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 13:21 (one year ago)

Anyway, I know the correct answer is Spud Infinity, but I've voted No Reason because I've just listened to the former waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too many times

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 13:23 (one year ago)

you mean 2022, yes dog latin?

fitting that almost all the tracks have gotten a mention at this point, so i'll just round it out with 2 others that i love and seriously considered voting for, Time Escaping and 12,000 Lines. Former really made me sit up and take notice, latter is just a masterpiece of understatement, esp coming towards the end of the diversity of sounds on this record. i ultimately voted Change though, it feels like an instant standard, it'll probably be covered by a pop country singer in 5 years and be inescapable for 6 months

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 5 February 2024 14:33 (one year ago)

Norah Jones just released a cover

corrs unplugged, Monday, 5 February 2024 17:29 (one year ago)

Thanks for making me listen to this album again. It’s been like a year since I last played it and its sounding brilliant this morning.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 5 February 2024 17:55 (one year ago)

I particularly was underrating the “c side” of the album and it’s as good as the rest.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 5 February 2024 17:56 (one year ago)

Aw I think that's my favourite side. B is the one I struggle with most

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 5 February 2024 23:46 (one year ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 00:01 (one year ago)

i think i forgot to vote. pretend there is one for blue lightning

the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 00:03 (one year ago)

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

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 09:54 (one year ago)

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

Indexed, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 21:19 (one year ago)

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

...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 21:27 (one year ago)

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.

alpine static, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 01:03 (one year ago)

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.

alpine static, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 01:08 (one year ago)

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

H.P, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 01:47 (one year ago)

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

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 03:04 (one year ago)

Thanks for posting, great version

H.P, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 03:09 (one year ago)

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

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 03:12 (one year ago)

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.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 03:56 (one year ago)

Structured*

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 03:57 (one year ago)

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.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 04:02 (one year ago)

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.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 04:09 (one year ago)

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.

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 04:15 (one year ago)

(I do like the hippie fiddles and jaw harps)

✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 04:28 (one year ago)

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

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 7 February 2024 05:49 (one year ago)

three months pass...

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.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 02:11 (one year ago)

two months pass...

seems relevant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZup8T9WfzQ

also goes in the Tucker Zimmerman thread

corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 17:07 (nine months ago)

oh woops wrong big thief thread

anyway

corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 27 August 2024 17:07 (nine months ago)


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