Big Thief announce debut UK shows, talk real life masterpieces

Adrianne: A “recording” is in essence a record of a place and time, so any method is valid and can be embraced as simply the means to capture whatever fleeting human experience emerges. That being said, the physical movement and chemical reaction of tape, as well as the element of chance, is definitely relatable and exciting. Mostly, I like a good room.

A: There have been a few people who have come up to us at shows and shared their experiences with the record. Those interactions mean a lot. I think it’s brave for a listener to make themselves vulnerable to a band or artist they like, not worrying about how they’ll be perceived.

Buck Meek: I imagine Mona Lisa’s life was a wild collage of joy, heartbreak, restraint and abandon.

Adrianne: A real modern day masterpiece.

A: They’re all so different. The best shows are the ones where we feel free, and there’s no way to trace the formula of that alchemy. One time we played in a high school cafeteria, that’s up there. Recently we played at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee, also up there.

B: I stole a pack of gum from the grocery store when I was six. I bragged to my mom about it, and she made me return it to the cashier and apologise. To a certain degree, everyone subconsciously borrows or steals their movement, language, facial expressions, constructs of reality, emotions, etc from the DNA and qualities of those before us. Each individual consciously and subconsciously disguises what they find, resulting in the “individual.”

Big Thief’s debut album ‘Masterpiece’ is out now.

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