Two Hands

Pitchfork 9.0/10 The second landmark album this year from Big Thief is raw, tactile, and essential. The intimate songs zoom in on a band that feels, at this moment, totally invincible.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 The prolific folk-rock collective maintain a dizzyingly high standard

DIY 4/5 A blissful listen from start to finish.

The Independent 5/5 It helps that the band are so tight you’d think they’d learnt to read one another’s minds. There’s an element of spontaneity and a live sound like few other releases this year

The Skinny 5/5 Big Thief return with the warm, direct and brilliant Two Hands, their second album of 2019

Clash 8/10 During an interview earlier this year, Big Thief front woman Adrianne Lenker explained that what drives her the most is being constantly aware of the fact

The Observer 4/5 (4AD)

Loud and Quiet 9/10 Where Big Thief's album U.F.O.F released earlier this year was hazy and dreamlike, it's companion Two Hands feels pure, tangible and raw.

Slant 4/5 The album is a portrait of the band’s skills as musicians, a document of a group hitting its stride.

Pop Matters 8/10 Big Thief hail from Brooklyn, but the band created their latest album Two Hands in a remote Southwest location amidst pecan orchards near the Mexican...

The Guardian 4/5 This ‘earth twin’ album to their ‘celestial twin’ UFOF, released in May, foregrounds Adrianne Lenker’s arresting voice and tender/brutal lyrics