Big Thief

Group / 2015 - present / United States

US indie folk band

indie rock alternative rock folk rock lo-fi singer-songwriter

Biography

Big Thief is an American indie folk band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2015. The line-up comprises three founding members: vocalist-guitarist Adrianne Lenker, guitarist Buck Meek and drummer James Krivchenia. Founding bassist Max Oleartchik left the band in June 2024, with Joshua Crumbly now playing bass for live performances.

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Analysed songs (1)

Not

Big Thief

"Not" is a song built entirely out of negation, circling an unnamed thing by naming everything it isn't. Lenker piles up sensory…

negation and unnameability impermanence desire and its objects