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DoofDoof
February 13th 2022


17351 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Boney 4.5 incoming?

butt.
February 13th 2022


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I’m not sure I can think of another 80+ minute album that’s so palatable and where every song has a real distinct identity like this. Only two listens in and I feel like I “know” most of these songs already. I can totally see this being a 4.5 for me.

Eager to put a ranking together but at this point I can’t say Flower of Blood is anywhere near my top 5

theBoneyKing
February 13th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Doof with just 2 full listens under my belt I'd say there's a more than decent chance of that. I can confidently say it's at least a solid 4, the determiner will be whether any tracks (or how many) click with me at a 5/5 level. I do think 4.5 is probably the ceiling for this - it's just not the kind of album I tend to connect with in a 5/5 kind of way overall, that is unless I really do end up falling head over heels in love with almost every track here. But for what it is, this does kind of feel like it's as good as it gets.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
February 13th 2022


38383 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I was completely obsessed with this yesterday but I'm starting to wonder about the album's longevity. Some songs have already kind of lost their magic. On the flipside, I'm starting to really appreciate other songs I initially glossed over, like Time Escaping, Blurred View, No Reason and The Only Place

porcupinetheater
February 13th 2022


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"If there's any band fully primed to release a year-dominating, career-summising, discourse-creating double album of their signature brand of raw, vibified indie rock, it's Big Thief."



Counterpoint - Big Thief already got there and I'm still half expecting Angel Olsen to get there first.

YoYoMancuso
Emeritus
February 13th 2022


19776 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

so i've listened 3 times and pretty strongly determined that this isn't for me, but it's also my first Big Thief album. Willing to give them another chance so which one should I listen to?

theBoneyKing
February 13th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Typically I’d say UFOF without a doubt, but what tracks here did you get along with the most?

porcupinetheater
February 13th 2022


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

U.F.O.F. is absolutely far and away the best thing they've done

DoofDoof
February 13th 2022


17351 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

...until now

porcupinetheater
February 13th 2022


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Hmmm

porcupinetheater
February 13th 2022


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

What happened to Lenker's low range she dropped on Betsy?

YoYoMancuso
Emeritus
February 13th 2022


19776 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

@Boney listed a few on the last page but title track is by far my favorite here

Cormano
February 13th 2022


4480 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Capacity is best

theBoneyKing
February 13th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Hmmm YoYo, your digs are kind of all over the place in terms of the styles they do but with t/t as your favorite by far and "Flower of Blood" in there too I'd def say stick with UFOF as your next attempt. As for the others:



"Little Things" -> Masterpiece

"Simulation Swarm" -> Capacity

"Blue Lightning" -> Two Hands

porcupinetheater
February 13th 2022


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Not sure trying to force individual song to album correlates in general is all that telling, just listen to U.F.O.F. or a different one or whatever, before this they all barely get to 40 minutes, if that.

theBoneyKing
February 13th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I’m certainly over-generalizing there, and all their styles/influences are somewhat present on all their records, but if you have to reduce the previous ones down to something very simple you roughly get Masterpiece = indie rock, Capacity = pretty even indie folk/indie rock blend, UFOF = indie folk/dream pop, Two Hands = folk rock, and if I had to place those songs on previous albums those are roughly where they’d fit best

butt.
February 13th 2022


11429 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This is a giant step above UFOF

porcupinetheater
February 13th 2022


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

mods, just for that can we wipe butt?

JohnnyoftheWell
February 13th 2022


64287 Comments


butt is the butt
porcupoo is the poo
dragon warm mountain i believe in you is the better record 
i am washing my hands of all yous

porcupinetheater
February 13th 2022


11092 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Hands should always be washed after wiping, excellent work



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