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MUSiC BIG THIEF Brooklyn folk-rockers’ less-is-more sound approaches perfection By MAGGIE MCPHEE F ate does not smile upon the initial attempt at an interview with Big Thief frontwoman Adrianne Lenker. What starts as technological difficulties — navigating her Brooklyn apartment for a clear signal — escalates when a balcony window pops out of its frame and falls on her girlfriend’s head. When she calls back later in the day after making sure no harm had been done, Lenker uses the incident as a point of departure to discuss the intention behind Two Hands, the Brooklyn-based indie-folk outfit’s second album of 2019. “The earth is like a body, like a vessel. It’s our truest home just like our bodies are homes. And if I get a cut or if I hit my head,” she says with a laugh, “I’m suddenly aware of all this fragility,‘oh it’s the only body I’ve got, I better take care of this precious being.’ That’s Earth.” It takes a disarmingly short amount of time on the phone for Lenker to ease into the philosophical. She’s discerning in a way that would cause whiplash if not for her humility. Lenker precedes every point with “I wonder if” and punctuates her insight with laughter and nearly audible shrugs. Long silences elapse as she gathers her thoughts, and when she does speak the words emanate from a deeply thoughtful place. Big Thief’s open-heartedness and commitment to surviving “as an organism, as one entity,” has led them to a remarkable place: not only will they have released U.F.O.F. and Two Hands just six months shy of each other, but the two projects coalesce into a broader meta- CONTINUED ON PG. 8 k DUSTIN CONDREN OCTOBER 2019 BEATROUTE 7
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