Big Thief – Mythological Beauty:
Itβs a mesmerizing thing, a hypnotic instrument: Adrianne Lenkerβs voice can be hushed and intimate, but it can also reach emotional peaks, suddenly and fiercely. Big Thief, the band that supports and expands Lenkerβs songs, has been drawing growing audiences into its emotional soundscapes over the past two years, listeners captivated by the Brooklyn bandβs assured instrumental performances and Lenkerβs storytelling.
Anticipation is running high for Capacity, the bandβs upcoming second album. Masterpiece, the Big Thief debut, was embraced by fans and critics alike. The All-Music Guide called the set a wall-to-wall artful expression, Pitchfork praised the songwriting and the bandβs sense of balance, NPR lauded Lenkerβs stunning voice and the groupβs intense rhythms. βMythological Beauty,β the first track released from Capacity (the album will be out on Saddle Creek on June 9) extends and deepens the musical and lyrical themes of Masterpiece. Itβs a tale of a mother coping with a severely wounded child, and staggering β but remaining steady β under the burden of that immense responsibility.
This song is based on an actual incident, an injury the songwriter suffered when she was very young. As Lenker recently explained, β βMythological Beautyβ reveals the origin of the scar on the right side of my head. It is a conversation between parent and child; between child and child; between the child within the parent and the child within the child; and between the parent within the child and the parent within the parent.β With her close-cropped hair and her penetrating eyes, Lenker is a natural subject for music video, and director Vanessa Haddad makes her the focus of the mystical, beautifully-shot clip for βMythological Beauty.β
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