It’s an eclectic record filled with janky instrumentals, sweeping ballads, and some inspired and delightfully weird lyrical observations from lead vocalist Adrienne Lenker about religion, red moons, and infinite potatoes. They recorded 20 songs across five studios in five different parts of the country over five months.
The Brooklyn band spread their wings on this project and hit the open road. Given the group’s track record for releasing stunning, deeply evocative suites of songs, that’s certainly saying something. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in Youīig Thief’s fifth album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is without any doubt their best. Anyway, I hope this alphabetized list will at least inspire a few new additions to the BBQ playlist before the 4th of July weekend. Others? We’re still in the “get to know you phase,” but I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve heard thus far. I’ve also spent a lot of time with some of these, to the point where the choruses feel imprinted into my DNA. It’s been such an eclectic year for rock albums, with artists of every stripe truly delivering the goods. It’s probably a little too soon for me to declare an absolute favorite album out of the bunch we’ve gotten so far. However they got to 2022, and it’s a joy to finally begin to hear these legitimately righteous records.
Then there were those who held back some of their best material to wait and see how the state of the world shook out.
Many artists who were kept off the road due to the pandemic and were inspired to write during their forced, sabbatical and have returned with fresh perspectives and new sounds. It seems like every week there are two or three projects just begging for proper time and attention.
Compared to the last couple of years, 2022 has been a bonanza of incredible rock record releases.
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