Big Thief, to this point, have kind of always done this albums thing in pairs; their first two, 2016's Masterpiece and 2017's Capacity , share much of the same sonic mojo (though there is undeniable progression between the albums as well), while their third and fourth ( U.F.O.F. and Two Hands ) were released just five months apart. All the while, they've built up a devoted following with their raw, open-hearted folk/indie rock; with their profile continuing to rise, then, it kind of makes sense that Big Thief would expand their fifth album out to a double album. The wonderfully, whimsically titled Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You feels much like its cover, so as to say it combines the earthy and celestial, the current and the past, around the campfire; compared to earlier works, the majority of their fifth album feels, above all else, more intimate. There's less intensity and more openness, with imperfections (such as studio chatter and tape hiss) allowed t...
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