Lenker excavated “Black Diamonds” in a harsher vocal tone than on 2017’s Capacity, even hitting the line “I can never leave him” with a scream. Nonetheless, the electric guitars began to come out, building to an intense trio of mid-set songs.
“Change” opened the set as it does the album, with Lenker musing about everything that passes, before she dug into “Dried Roses,” the mood as austere as her closely cropped haircut. Rather than rise to the buzz of anticipation at Roadrunner, the quartet began its 85-minute show with a slow burn of acoustic-based songs.
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The band explored its full range and then pushed beyond it to conjure one of this year’s best releases (see Arts Fuse review here ). That close-knit attention suggested how they probably went about recording Big Thief’s new double album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You at four studios in rustic settings around the country. Band members sometimes turned toward each other more than the crowd, and a few times Lenker or Oleartchik even crouched or sat to face the drum kit. Lenker, fellow guitarist Buck Meek, drummer James Krivchenia, and bassist Max Oleartchik played on a modestly lit stage, instruments and amps simply arranged in a slight arc, more akin to a living-room jam session than to a standing-room rock hall.
This past Wednesday’s attraction was Big Thief, a largely somber folk-rock outfit fronted by introspective singer/songwriter Adrianne Lenker that doesn’t care much about showmanship. But this sold-out crowd of 3,500 wasn’t there for pop princess Olivia Rodrigo or Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, who’ll soon pack the same venue. Ten minutes before starting time for the headliner at Allston’s new Roadrunner club, a briskly moving line still snaked down the block and around the corner. Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief at Roadrunner.
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