Big Thief – Two Hands //4AD// (Released 11th October)

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£18.99 – Indies Only Desert Peach Coloured Vinyl LP

£16.99 – Standard LP

Big Thief have announced their new album, Two Hands, will be released in October, less than six months after their last release U.F.O.F. Big Thief had only just finished work on their third album, U.F.O.F. – “The Celestial Twin” – days before in a cabin studio in the woods of Washington State. Now it was time to birth U.F.O.F.’s sister album – “The Earth Twin” – Two Hands. Thirty miles west of El Paso, surrounded by 3,000 acres of pecan orchards and only a stone’s throw from the Mexican border, Big Thief (a.k.a. Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Max Oleartchik, and James Krivchenia) set up their instruments as close together as possible to capture their most important collection of songs yet. Where U.F.O.F. layered mysterious sounds and effects for levitation, Two Hands grounds itself on dried-out, cracked desert dirt.

In sharp contrast to the wet environment of the U.F.O.F. session, the south-western Sonic Ranch studio was chosen for its vast desert location. The 105-degree weather boiled away any clinging memories of the green trees and wet air of the previous session. Two Hands had to be completely different – an album about the Earth and the bones beneath it. The songs were recorded live with almost no overdubs. All but two songs feature entirely live vocal takes, leaving Adrianne’s voice suspended above the mix in dry air, raw and vulnerable as ever. With raw power and intimacy, Two Hands folds itself gracefully into Big Thief’s impressive discography. This body of work grows deeper and more inspiring with each new album.

Tracklisting:

A1.Rock And Sing

A2. Forgotten Eyes

A3. The Toy

A4. Two Hands

A5. Those Girls

B1. Shoulders

B2. Not

B3. Wolf

B4. Replaced

B5. Cut My Hair