U.F.O.F.
An otherworldly collection of intimate indie folk recorded live in a Washington forest. Fragile, mysterious, and punctuated by sudden bursts of raw noise.
An otherworldly collection of intimate indie folk recorded live in a Washington forest. Fragile, mysterious, and punctuated by sudden bursts of raw noise.
Mystical breakthrough
Wet pine needles and damp earth seem to cling to these quiet, acoustic sketches. Recorded live in a rainy Washington cabin, the music hovers like mist in the rafters, held together by fingerpicked guitar and a voice that feels as fragile as spun glass. Just when the silence becomes heavy, a sudden, jagged tear of electric distortion rips through the quiet. You are left sitting in the dark, listening to the wind shake the trees outside.
The band trades their usual grounded, dusty realism for a deeply mysterious presence, letting these songs drift like half-whispered ghost stories through a haze of otherworldly tension.
Critics warmly embraced the album's quiet intimacy, praising how its gentle, hypnotic instrumentation crafts a dreamlike yet subtly unsettling atmosphere. Reviewers found themselves deeply immersed in these organic arrangements, admiring how the songs navigate surreal mysteries to ultimately find a sense of peace.
“Though they travel through the darkness spellbound by life’s biggest mysteries, they manage to emerge more at peace than ever”Read review
“Another emotional bruiser from Adrianne Lenker and co”Read review
“The third album from the Brooklyn quartet is an intimate and surreal experience, a true masterpiece of folk music from a band working together at the highest level”Read review
“For most Big Thief fans, UFOF is a natural, welcome progression, and one that you likely won’t want to tear yourself away from”Read review
“Full of subtle charm, it’s an album of deceptive depths in which to immerse yourself”Read review
“An absorbing, mystical voyage that lingers in the memory long after morning has broken and the celestial observer has vanished”Read review
“Even on the band’s third album UFOF, with an audience that has grown exponentially in the past few years, the songs are still immensely intimate affairs”Read review
“This album’s blustery whooshes contribute to an otherworldliness not yet wholly strung together on a Big Thief album”Read review
“Hypnotic soft guitars mask uneasiness on the New York four-piece’s third album: it really packs a punch”Read review
“A performance of masterfully honed restraint that perfectly encapsulates their invitation to discover the vast and alien within the seemingly familiar”Read review
“A foray into artful album rock for the band, U.F.O.F.’s shifts in presentation are subtle and seem wholly organic throughout. It’s a record deserving of such an evocative title, which captures its dreamily impressionistic yet unsettling nature.”Read review
“U.F.O.F. is trembling with mystical energy and is truly one of the year’s best records”Read review
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