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Capacity

The second album, recorded in a month at a farmhouse.
Big Thief, 2017

Other studios credited are Figure 8 Recording in Brooklyn, Lethe Lounge in New York and Black Lodge Recording in Brooklyn for overdubs; Greg Calbi mastered. Zoe Lenker, Mat Davidson, Erin Birgy and Michael Sachs appear. Singles were "Mythological Beauty" (April 2017) and "Shark Smile" (May 8, 2017). Lenker said there is a darker darkness and a lighter light on the album. Stereogum's Tom Breihan called it a huge leap forward in just about every possible way, and Paste's Lizzie Manno dirty, heartbreaking, trustworthy, gorgeous; Exclaim! gave 9, Uncut 8 and Mojo 3 of 5.

Track listing

  1. Pretty Things3:05
  2. Shark Smile4:00
  3. Capacity3:52
  4. Watering3:22
  5. Coma3:40
  6. Great White Shark3:23
  7. Mythological Beauty5:06
  8. Objects2:43
  9. Haley3:33
  10. Mary5:30
  11. Black Diamonds3:35

More from Big Thief

Masterpiece (2016), U.F.O.F. (2019), Two Hands (2019), Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (2022), Double Infinity (2025)

Sources

  1. Capacity (album), Wikipedia
  2. Album of the week: Big Thief, Capacity, Stereogum (2017-06-06)