Name: U.F.O.F.
Brand: Big Thief

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4AD-0129-1

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Black Vinyl with Download.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Beggars Group

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

191400012912

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Big Thief

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

<a href="https://roughtrade.com/us/music/viagra-boys-street-worms-extended">Viagra Boys - Street Worms (Extended) </a><a></a>Albums of the Month

Rough Trade Exclusive clear vinyl plus download and bonus CD with an inner sleeve signed and numbered by the band.

Street Worms, originally released in September 2018, saw the Stockholm-formed sextet Viagra Boys explode on to the scene with feverish energy and caustic irony. Their initial nine-track debut album has been expanded with five brand new songs carrying the same infectious 'ugly gonzo post-punk' spirit.

Fronted by the distinctively tattooed Sebastian 'Sebbe' Murphy (himself a tattoo artist), he delivers a devastating vocal showerstorm over the churning overdriven guitars and relentlessly driving rhythms. Singing as if he's having an existential breakdown, the lyrics tackle the absurdness of existence - as if being anything at all is some kind of joke on humanity - 'It was all a dream, but it was so nice/I had a nice house and such a lovely wife.'

Another theme the album tackles is, as their name intends to pun, man's failed role in society - and will we ever get that agenda on Sports out of our heads? 'Baseball/Basketball/Weiner dog/Short shorts/Cigarette'. They snarl at everyday behaviours such as exaggerated virility and classism, but manage to conjure some humour out of the serious issues. And despite the anger and anxiety towards masculine insufficiency, there's a sensitivity and a humanism running through the album too - 'You'll turn into dirt someday/Same dirt as me/Like one becomes a two and two becomes a three/The same worms that eat me will someday eat you too'.

All in all, Street Worms is a powerfully captivating blend of theatrics, rock’n’roll, post-punk and passion from Sweden’s answer to Idles and Sleaford Mods.

2. Fontaines D.C. - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/fontaines-d-c-dogrel">Dogrel</a>

3. Barrie - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/barrie-happy-to-be-here">Happy To Be Here</a>

4. Aldous Harding - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/aldous-harding-designer">Designer</a>

5. Big Thief - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/big-thief-u-f-o-f">U.F.O.F.</a>

6. Heather Woods Brotherick - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/heather-woods-broderick-invitation">Invitation</a>

7. Drahla - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/drahla-useless-coordinates">Useless Coordinates</a>

8. Josefin Ohrn &amp; The Liberation - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/josefin-ohrn-and-the-liberation-sacred-dreams">Sacred Dreams</a>

9. Jesse Mac Cormack - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/jesse-mac-cormack-now">Now</a>

10. Patience - <a href="https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/patience-dizzy-spells">Dizzy Spells</a>

Albums of The Month - May 2019

New Big Thief album titled U.F.O.F. available here on Limited Orange Vinyl, Black Vinyl, and CD.

U.F.O.F., F standing for ‘Friend’, is the name of the highly anticipated third record by Big Thief, released by 4AD. It was recorded in rural western Washington at Bear Creek Studios with engineer Dom Monks, and producer Andrew Sarlo who was also behind their previous albums.

The New York-based band, featuring Adrianne Lenker (guitar, vocals), Buck Meek (guitar), Max Oleartchik (bass), and James Krivchenia (drums), has spent the last 4 years on an incessant world tour, winning the devotion of an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding audience. 

Their songs represent an emotional bravery and realness that weaves intimate relationships with the listener, a phenomenon that has made them one of the most widely-respected bands of the current era.

LP+ - Limited Orange Vinyl with Download.