BrainGilliams Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Big Thief: New Album 'U.F.O.F.', Single Out Now 26th February 2019 U.F.O.F., F standing for ‘Friend’, is the name of the highly anticipated third record by Big Thief, set to be released on 3rd May 2019 via 4AD. + You can pre-order on limited translucent orange vinyl, standard black vinyl, and CD via 4AD here + + You can pre-save, and pre-order, on all platforms here + Today, they share the first single, ‘UFOF’ and North American tour dates to add to their 2019 live schedule. Adrianne Lenker (guitar, vocals), Buck Meek (guitar), Max Oleartchik (bass), and James Krivchenia (drums) have spent the last 4 years on an incessant world tour, winning the devotion of an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding audience. Their first two back-to-back releases, Masterpiece (2016) and Capacity (2017), have been analysed, wept to, danced to, critically applauded, imitated, hummed idly, and shouted out loud. They have sound-tracked crowded restaurants, difficult conversations, cowboy bars, yoga classes, night drives, and lonely bedrooms. U.F.O.F. was recorded in rural western Washington at Bear Creek Studios. In a large cabin-like room, the band set up their gear to track live with engineer Dom Monks and producer Andrew Sarlo, who was also behind their previous albums. Having already lived these songs on tour, they were relaxed and ready to experiment. The raw material came quickly. Some songs were written only hours before recording and stretched out instantly, first take, vocals and all. “Making friends with the unknown… All my songs are about this,” says Lenker; “If the nature of life is change and impermanence, I’d rather be uncomfortably awake in that truth than lost in denial.” U.F.O.F. is available for pre-order today on LP, CD, and digital. Limited translucent orange vinyl is available via the Big Thief store and 4AD store, plus your local indie retailer. Limited forest green vinyl will be available through Vinyl Me Please, beginning 27th February. Big Thief - U.F.O.F. 4AD0129 1. Contact 2. UFOF 3. Cattails 4. From 5. Open Desert 6. Orange 7. Century 8. Strange 9. Betsy 10. Terminal Paradise 11. Jenni 12. Magic Dealer For their upcoming North American shows, Big Thief will be partnering with Plus1. $1 from every ticket sold in the US will be going to benefit SAEF, Little Kids Rock and Youth Speaks, while shows in Canada will benefit music and art programs at the DANS LA RUE homeless youth day center, Sketch, and Overly Creative Minds Program from the Urban Native Youth Association (Unya). April 20th - Irenic, San Diego CA, US May 2nd - The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles CA, US 3rd - The Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles CA, US 5th - Elsewhere, Brooklyn NY, US 18th - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK **SOLD OUT** 19th - SWG3, Glasgow, UK 21st - Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland 22nd - The Ritz, Manchester, UK 23rd - Roundhouse, London, UK 24th - SWX, Bristol, UK 26th - Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, UK 27th - Trabendo, Paris, France 28th - Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium 30th - Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain 31st - This Is Not a Love Song Festival, Nimes, France June 2nd - Best Kept Secret, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd - 6th - Beaches Brew Festival, Marina di Ravenna, Italy 3rd - Lido, Berlin, Germany 4th - Bogen F, Zurich, Switzerland 8th - NOS Privavera Sound, Porto, Portugal August 6th - 10th - Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway 8th - Lille Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark 15th - 18th - Green Man Festival, Wales, UK 16th - Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium October 10th - Webster Hall, New York NY, US 11th - Webster Hall, New York NY, US 12th - Higher Ground, South Burlington VT, US 13th - Wilbur Theatre, Boston MA, US 15th - La Tulipe, Montreal QC, Canada 16th - Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, Canada 18th - Metro, Chicago IL, US 21st - First Avenue, Minneapolis MN, US 24th - Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR, US 25th - Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, Canada 26th - Moore Theatre, Seattle WA, US 28th - The Fillmore, San Francisco CA, US November 1st - Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix AZ, US 2nd - Sister, Albuquerque NM, US 4th - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre, Austin TX, US 5th - Trees, Dallas TX, US 7th - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA, US 8th - Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC, US 9th - Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA, US 10th - 9:30 Club, Washington DC, US Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Dark green /750 https://app.vinylmeplease.com/products/featured-exclusives/big-thief-ufo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Jones Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Ordered that green from VMP. I was adding the orange to my cart and it looks like it was limited to 5,000? Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 50 minutes ago, Dougie Jones said: I was adding the orange to my cart and it looks like it was limited to 5,000? Damn. It's an Indie Store exclusive which are typically pretty large pressings. Dougie Jones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbourne25 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Dougie Jones said: Ordered that green from VMP. I was adding the orange to my cart and it looks like it was limited to 5,000? Damn. Also, being on 4AD now instead of Saddle Creek will likely push the numbers up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillylittleparts Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 anyone with a vinyl me please membership able to order me the green version? i like it so much more than the orange. much appreciated to anyone willing to help me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiverse Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 2 hours ago, sillylittleparts said: anyone with a vinyl me please membership able to order me the green version? i like it so much more than the orange. much appreciated to anyone willing to help me out. Aha Me too I guess, I have no idea how VMP works. Going to wait to order, no reason to drop $$ right now if the orange is /5000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldKentuckyShark Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Vinyl Me Please version is now open to the public to purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiverse Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Who wants to buy some records from me so I can justify the $27 for the green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jackie Crackrock Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 banger. TheCowboyPoet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillalivetui Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 On 4/5/2019 at 12:46 AM, BrainGilliams said: Exactly what I needed to convince me to preorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Apparently some people who ordered this from 4AD are getting a 7" in the mail with 2 unreleased songs: https://www.discogs.com/Big-Thief-Unknown/master/1585933 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I got my copy via discogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 If anyone gets/doesn't want this 7" HMU! UFOF is my AOTY. Also people are saying the runout is OCT1119 Wonder if this indicates something coming October 11??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesi Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 New album up for preorder: https://4ad.com/releases/901 jackshidt and Shitty Rambo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftbarley Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 7 hours ago, mesi said: New album up for preorder: https://4ad.com/releases/901 Love the first single. Might be the first Big Thief record I go through with ordering after adding to a cart. Shitty Rambo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetsuodaironman Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 UFOF is, hands down, one of the best albums of the year. And the new single indicates we have genius of equal measure on our hands with their latest offering. Wow. Shitty Rambo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Pre-ordered with a swiftness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erthan Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I've been dying for a studio version of Not for so long. I was super disappointed it didn't show up on UFOF though I understood why it didn't after I heard the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aellerton Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Indie version of new album up on BM: https://www.bullmoose.com/p/31832338/big-thief-two-hands-indie-exclusive-peach-vinyl Shitty Rambo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjorn Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Two Hands is brilliant., I’ll have to dig into UFOF some more. I’ve liked their last few albums a lot but this one finally nudged be over the edge to pick up a record. Unfortunately my copy of the colored pressing is plagued by excessive noise on the first half of both sides, once the noise subsides the sound is excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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