Credits:

Big Thief

Description:

The latest two-disc set from US indie treasures Big Thief, who have led the current folk-rock scene and risen to the ranks of Grammy-nominated bands. US indie treasures Big Thief, who have led the current trend of folk-rock and have even been nominated for a Grammy Award, have released their latest double album "Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You" on 4AD! Produced by band member James Krivchenia, the album features 20 songs selected from four recording sessions held in upstate New York, California's Topanga Canyon, Colorado's Rocky Mountains, and Tucson, Arizona in 2020. The preceding singles "Certainty" and "Sparrow," which documented the band's rustic charm on an 8-track tape recorder, were recorded at the New York session, while "Little Things" and "Time Escaping," which explored new frontiers of the band with master musician Sean Everett, were recorded at Topanga, The Colorado session, in which the band teamed up again with Dom Monks, the engineer of "UFOF" and "Two Hands," produced "Change," whose rehearsal take was already perfect.The final session in Arizona featured guest player Matt Davidson, aka Twain, a close ally of the band, who played piano, accordion, and fiddle as a fifth member of the band, and concluded the five-month session with the birth of the album's title track. The quintessence of the current band, which seems to pilot a dragon when it begins to play, has been inscribed here as a 2-CD masterpiece, as songs of various styles and textures come together. The Japanese CD version of the album includes a commentary, bilingual lyrics, and two additional bonus tracks.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1:
01. Change
02. Time Escaping
03. Spud Infinity
04. Certainty
05. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
06. Sparrow
07. Little Things
08. Heavy Bend
09. Flower of Blood
10. Blurred View

Disc 2:
01. Red Moon
02. Dried Roses
03. No Reason
04. Wake Me up to Drive
05. Promise Is A Pendulum
06. 12
000 Lines
07. Simulation Swarm
08. Love Love Love
09. The Only Place
10. Blue Lightning
11. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (Tucson) *Bonus Track For Japan