“The second landmark album this year from Big Thief is raw, tactile, and essential. The intimate songs zoom in on a band that feels, at this moment, totally invincible.”
“Big Thief's second LP of 2019, Two Hands, is another near-perfect triumph”
“Emerging from the wake of Big Thief’s third record, U.F.O.F, released only a few months ago, Two Hands is perhaps the band’s most cohesive and down-to-earth work yet. Lead singer Adrianne Lenker conceives of the records as non-identical twins; one “celestial”, one of “earth”. The two serve to justify and contextualise each other, as well as to contrast – where U.F.O.F is hazy and dreamlike, Two H”
“Who else puts out two studio albums in one calendar year without an obligatory dip in quality?”
“Such is the rich vein of songwriting form that Brooklyn quartet Big Thief have hit upon, Two Hands comes just five months after the release of the excellent UFOF. While that album was recorded in a log cabin in Washington State, this one was captured outdoors in the Texan desert, and there’s a loose, live feel to the arrangements. Although the band refer to it as “the Earth twin”, in contrast to U”
“Big Thief's second album of 2019 takes the band's sound back to basics, which is far from a bad thing.”
