{"product_id":"big-thief-two-hands-lp","title":"BIG THIEF - Two Hands LP","description":"Big Thief had only just finished work on their 3rd 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.  30 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.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In sharp contrast to the wet environment of the U.F.O.F. session, the  southwestern 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.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Two Hands has the songs that I’m the most proud of; I can imagine myself singing them when I’m old,” says Adrianne\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e.   “Musically and lyrically, you can’t break it down much further than  this. It’s already bare-bones.”  Lyrically this can be felt in the  poetic blur of the internal and external.  These are political songs  without political language.  They explore the collective wounds of our  Earth.  Abstractions of the personal hint at war, environmental  destruction, and the traumas that fuel it.  Across the album, there are  genuine attempts to point the listener towards the very real dangers  that face our planet.  When Adrianne sings “Please wake up,” she’s  talking directly to the audience.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Engineer Dom Monks and producer Andrew Sarlo, who were both behind  U.F.O.F., capture the live energy as instinctually and honestly as  possible.  Sarlo teamed up with James Krivchenia to mix the album, where  they sought to emphasize raw power and direct energy inherent in the  takes.  The journey of a song from the stage to the record is often a  difficult one.  Big Thief’s advantage is their bond and loving centre as  a chosen family.  They spend almost 100% of their lives together  working towards a sound that they all agree upon.  A band with this  level of togetherness is increasingly uncommon.  If you ask drummer  James Krivchenia, bassist Max Oleartchik or guitarist Buck Meek how they  write their parts, they will describe — passionately — the experience  of hearing Adrianne present a new song, listening intently for hints of  parts that already exist in the ether and the undertones to draw out  with their respective instruments.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"4 AD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38018776072364,"sku":"SW30500","price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/3899\/7932\/products\/cd0c92fc7af1f97ec7a6b36c4dcac83a.jpg?v=1612691340","url":"https:\/\/bisaufsmesser.com\/products\/big-thief-two-hands-lp","provider":"Bis Aufs Messer Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}