Two Hands

Two HandsFollowing quickly on the heels of the spacey, artful U. F. O. F. by five months, to be exact Big Thief's fourth long player, Two Hands, was recorded just days after its contrasting sister album. It is described described U. F. O. F.'s "earth twin". However, while U. F. O. F. was tracked at a wooded facility outside of Seattle, the band deliberately moved to the 100 plus degree environs of a desert studio west of El Paso for Two Hands. The humid versus

Following quickly on the heels of the spacey, artful U.F.O.F. -- by five months, to be exact -- Big Thief's fourth long-player, Two Hands, was recorded just days after its contrasting sister album. It is described described U.F.O.F.'s "earth twin".

However, while U.F.O.F. was tracked at a wooded facility outside of Seattle, the band deliberately moved to the 100-plus-degree environs of a desert studio west of El Paso for Two Hands. The humid-versus-dry distinction makes for a convenient musical simile, as Two Hands commits to a crisper, more jagged sound on a rawer set of indie rock songs.

Though less improvised-sounding on the whole than its predecessor, the loose Two Hands was recorded live with few overdubs by the same crew (producer Andrew Sarlo and engineer/mixer Dom Monks, though drummer James Krivchenia helped mix this time around).