On February 11, 2022, “4AD” label released “Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You”, the fifth Big Thief studio album. It was recorded April – December 2021, at “The Elf Inn” in Westhampton, Massachusetts, “Flying Cloud” in New York, “Five Star” in Topanga, California, “Music Garden – Studio in the Clouds” in Colorado, “Press On” in Tucson, Arizona, and was produced by James Krivchenia.
Personnel:
- Adrianne Lenker – vocals, acoustic guitar, prepared acoustic guitar, brush guitar, nylon guitar, electric guitar, snaps, harmonics, synthesizer, engineer, mixing, artwork, photography
- Buck Meek – vocals, electric guitar, prepared acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, brush guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, magic box guitar, bass, snaps, shakers, drums, photography
- Max Oleartchik – bass, fretless bas, synthesizer, arpeggio synthesizer, acoustic guitar, icicles, tack piano, shakers, snaps
- James Krivchenia – vocals, drums, electronic drums, drum machine, congas, vocal synthesizer, bells, brushes, icicles, computer synthesizer, tambourine, claps, synthesizer, shakers, computer textures, snaps, mixing
- Mat Davidson – vocals, fiddle, pedal steel, piano, accordion, recorder
- Noah Lenker – vocals, jaw harp, snaps
- Hannah Cohen – vocals
- Sam Evian – tambourine
- Richard Hardy – flute
- Scott McMicken – percussion
Track listing:
All tracks by Adrianne Lenker, except where noted.
- Change
- Time Escaping
- Spud Infinity
- Certainty – Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek
- Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
- Sparrow
- Little Things
- Heavy Bend
- Flower of Blood
- Blurred View
- Red Moon
- Dried Roses
- No Reason
- Wake Me Up to Drive
- Promise Is a Pendulum
- 12.000 Lines
- Simulation Swarm
- Love Love Love
- The Only Place
- Blue Lightning