Down by the river
Big Thief singer gets it together in the countr y for four th solo album.
By Victoria Segal.
Adrianne Lenker
★★★★
Bright Future
4AD. CD/DL/LP/MC
“DO YOU wanna go to the river?” asks Adrianne Lenker on Free Treasure, a mind-body tussle in the middle of Bright Future. “I know this spot so deep and green/With wild raspber ries and apple trees/And rocks to climb between.” It’s an invitation in keeping with the Big Thief singer ’s musical MO: spontaneous, a little wild, promising soulful nourishment. Even though they formed in Brooklyn, a nature-child nar rative has formed around Big Thief, their music as pure as an upstate creek, their commune vibe generating an old-school, vegetable-dyed-inthe-wool hippy aura.