![]() Experimental band TOO MANY ZOOZ is certainly a regular in the top echelons of Bandcamp and they were certainly on my radar, but Subway Gawdz was the first album of theirs I have really got behind. ![]() Still not convinced of the title Masterpiece though.ĭamn. So on the whole it has a lot of good stuff going on if you like alternative rock. Big Thief are at their best at their most rocky ( Real Love and Masterpiece) and their worst when they focus too much on lyrics ( Lorraine). Something simple, but pleasant and calming. I would personally compare the song to sitting on the couch, watching an old drama late at night with the soft sounds of your partner sleeping on your shoulder. Real Love is the standout, being an almost surf-rock sounding love song with decent vocals and guitar. Not that their music is bad, it’s reasonably relaxing alternative rock at its best, but this description definitely coloured my opinion. Not sure about everyone else but to me that sounds like a load of guff. This feeling was worsened when they described listening to their music as “the feeling of looking at a dog and suddenly marvelling that it is like you but very not like you when you are accustomed to looking at a dog and thinking 'dog', watching Big Thief is like forgetting the word 'dog' and looking at that naked animal and getting much closer to it and how different it is to you”. Calling their first album Masterpiece rubbed me up the wrong way a bit. ![]() The main issue I have with the band is a somewhat pretentious vibe. Masterpiece is their debut album and has been a reasonable success for them, good reception and sales. From the minute I first visited their page, I was in two minds about Big Thief.
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