{"id":3582,"date":"2019-06-26T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:49:20","slug":"big-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/big-thief","title":{"rendered":"Episode 162: Big Thief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Cattails&#8221;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SongExploder162-BigThief-600x344.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SongExploder162-BigThief-600x344.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SongExploder162-BigThief-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SongExploder162-BigThief-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/SongExploder162-BigThief.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_96535ad9-2194-4607-8e63-af6d4852f6c4\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\r\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/96535ad9-2194-4607-8e63-af6d4852f6c4\/SherylCrow-RedemptionDay.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bigthief.net\/\">Big Thief<\/a> is a four piece folk-rock band from Brooklyn, New York. In May 2019, they released their third album, <i>U.F.O.F.<\/i>, to critical acclaim. Pitchfork named it <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/big-thief-ufof\/\">\u201cBest New Music.\u201d<\/a> In this episode, singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adriannelenker.com\/\">Adrianne Lenker<\/a> and drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/jameskrivchenia.bandcamp.com\/releases\">James Krivchenia<\/a> break down a song from that album called \u201cCattails.\u201d\r\n\r\nYou can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1452026040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy or stream &#8220;Cattails&#8221; here<\/a>. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/sxp-big-thief\">album <em>U.F.O.F. <\/em>on vinyl here.<\/a>\r\n\r\nFor a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/big-thief-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i>\r\n<blockquote><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bearcreekstudio.com\/\">Bear Creek studio<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dommonks.com\/\">Dom Monks &#8211; Engineer<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewsarlo.com\/\">Andrew Sarlo &#8211; Producer<\/a>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Cattails&#8221; \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Big Thief is a four piece folk-rock band from Brooklyn, New York. 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