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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
Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker releases songs and instrumentals on 4AD. songs and instrumentals are two distinct collections, both written and recorded in April after Big Thief’s March tour was abruptly cut short due to coronavirus.
a-sides and b-sides provide an early glimpse at what was soon to come, while standing on their own as documents of a deeply meaningful time in the creative lives of Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek of Big Thief.
Fashioned as an album that should be taken as a whole, it sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake. Track by track, it's equal parts elegy, kaleidoscope, truth, and dare.
Admirers of Adrianne's solo music and Big Thief will find on Bright Future her reliable talent captured in stunning, magnetic clarity. An intensely moving and stunningly optimistic records in a, recorded direct to tape with no overdubs.
A decade after it's release, Carrie & Lowell continues to resonate as one of Sufjan Stevens' most personal and beloved albums-"a fall-down gorgeous and emotionally devastating masterpiece" (The Guardian).