Ep 22 - Big Thief - Dragon, New Warm Mountain ...

Last month we shared our thoughts on Small World by Metronomy,
all 9 tracks and 35 minutes worth. This month This Is Not
Happening ups the ante with 'Dragon, New Mountain ...', all 20
tracks and 80 minutes worth.  In part 1, we deep dive into
the density of Big Thief and Part 2 we play 'Spin It or Bin It?'
where we judge the tracks that we've chosen for this month's
theme.

Part 1 - Album of the Month

This month it's David's choice, 'Dragon...' by Big Thief. Three
of us love Big Thief and have more than a passing relationship
with the band ... whilst one of us is a Big Thief virgin. There
was SO much written about this album as soon as it came out
including a number of 100% reviews.  As always, we take a
slower, more considered approach to criticism, living with this
album for a couple of months and letting it really settle in
before we reflect and share our views.

You don't have to look to far to find interviews, reviews and
videos on Big Thief and this album but some of the content that
we consumed and discussed in part 1 can be found below;


The Metacritic review page is always a goo start and can be
found here

This is a great listen - 'Out On The Line'
Podcast 

Really insightful take on the album - 'Taking it Down'
Podcast

If you love them ... or not, this one's got you covered - 'NY
Times' Podcast

A great article in Vulture - read it here



Part 2 - 'Spin it' or 'Bin it?'

In the second part of this episode we get stuck into 4 tracks
representing this months theme - 'Not on Spotify'. We all pick a
track,  introduce our track and ask the others the painfully
binary critical question; 'spin it' or 'bin it?' 

This month was a little more 'free form' than usual ... but an
amusing listen none the less!
Guy's track selection is - Prassay
- KrvsinDavid's track selection is - Nick Drake
- I Was Made to Love MagicNolan's track selection
is - Pharoahe Monch - F YouJoey's track
selection is - Joanna Newsome  - '81

Next Month

Episode #23 will be with you soon - Joey will be leading the
discussion on 'Life on Earth' by Hurray for the Riff Raff. If you
get the chance we'd love you to have a listen and perhaps share
some thoughts with us on the blog or on our Insta. This album's
getting a lot of positive attention and we think it's going to be
in a few year end lists.

Other episodes of the pod and 10 years of the blog;

If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the others. If
that's not enough for you then there's 10 years worth of music
discussion on the blog at www.thisisnothappening.net, which runs
alongside the podcast choices and much, much more. So check them
out so to see what we like and where we clash, and comment if
something c


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