Big Thief - No Reason

"Come together for a moment, look around and dissolve.

Album: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe You [5th album]
Recorded: Colorado, USA
Genre: Folk, Indie Folk, Americana
Album Release: February 11th 2022
Single Release: December 14th 2021 [5th single]
Length: 3:48
Producer: James Krivchenia (the drummer of Big Thief, pictured above, second from the right)
Vocalist: Adrianne Lenker [age 30]
Label: 4AD Records

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Charts, Streams & Sales

Spotify: 5,500,000 +
YouTube Music: 400,000 +
Grammy Awards Nominee 2023 Best Alternative Music Album (losing to Wet Leg)
NPR Best Albums 2022: #4
Paste Magazine Best Albums 2022: #1
Pitchfork Best Albums 2022: #7
The Atlantic Best Albums 2022: #2

Credits

Flute - Richard Hardy
12 string acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar, tambourine

Details

• Big Thief knew Dragon New Warm Mountain would be epic. They wanted to make a 20 track, double album that would fully encompass the bands sound so they decided to record at four different locations and use four different sound engineers. One of those locations just so happened to be atop a mountain. To take a break from it all, away from their native New York, the band set up shop at the Studio in the Clouds, high in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, and recorded 'No Reason', as well as a few others.
  
  While there, up in the mountains, the band heard the sweet sound of Richard Hardy's flute coming from a nearby room and invited him to sit in for a session. Hardy is a multi-instrumentalist, well known for his work with singer-songwriter Carole King, who quickly clicked with Big Thief. They came up with this song there and then in the studio. The song features a lengthy solo by Hardy and wouldn't be the same without it which has made it difficult to incorporate into live sets.
  
  Most people wouldn't want to spend a month on an isolated mountain with their former spouse but singer Adrianne Lencker and guitarist Buck Meek didn't seem to mind. The pair divorced in 2018 and have remained amicable through a period which has seen the band catapult to great success. One can only imagine that performing love songs about your former partners new flame might be a bit awkward but the band do have a bohemian vibe so maybe it's all somehow fine. Good for them.
  
  

  

  Studio in the Clouds, Colorado
  

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