Talk:Big Blood

To anyone interested...
Given Big Blood's relative obscurity to a general listener, plus their ridiculously expansive musical output, I'm providing my own "beginner's guide" to the band's music. I offer this primarily to assist a prospective Good Article reviewer, but also to anyone interested in sampling their music.

If you're considering reviewing this article as a GA reviewer, please know I have no expectation that you listen to even a second of their music if you aren't interested. The article should stand on its own merits regardless of your personal familiarity or enjoyment. Nonetheless, I hope this helps make the subject matter more approachable and comprehensible to whoever might come along. And hey, I do hope you enjoy the discovery—if Big Blood is new to you and happens to be to your taste, great!

The 20-song selection below is a balance between some of my own personal favorites, plus songs that that (I think) help present a reasonably balanced overview of the band's career and sound. I've made three groupings spanning the same blocks of time as the major subsections in the article. I haven't heard everything the band ever recorded, so take this with a grain of salt. It's a product of my own blindspots (deafspots?), subjective biases, and arbitrary curatorial choices.


 * Early period (2006–2009)
 * 1) "Oh Country (Skin & Bones)" – 5:21 – from Big Blood & the Bleedin' Hearts (2008)
 * 2) "Full of Smoke" – 3:39 – from Strange Maine 11.04.06 (2006)
 * 3) "Don't Trust the Ruin" – 7:14 – from Space Gallery Jan. 27, 2007 / Sahara Club Jan. 28, 2007 (2007)
 * 4) "Vitamin C" – 5:39 – from Sew Your Wild Days Tour Vol. I (2007) – cover of Can's "Vitamin C"
 * 5) "The Fall of Quinnisa Rose" – 5:21 – from Strange Maine 1.20.07 (2007)
 * 6) "Graceless Lady" – 8:48 – from Big Blood & the Bleedin' Hearts (2008)
 * 7) "The Grove Is Hotter Than an Ocean's Oven" – 6:02 – from The Grove (2007) – bonus: see this an excellent 2018 cover version (3:31) by the Ukrainian group Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Choir


 * Middle period (2010–2016)
 * 1) "Moo-Hoo" – 1:27 – from Dark Country Magic (2010)
 * 2) "Lay Your Head on the Rails II" – 4:14 – from Dead Songs (2010)
 * 3) "Run" – 4:14 – from Big Blood & The Wicked Hex (2011)
 * 4) "The Seer Returns" by Swans – 6:17 – from The Seer (2012) – a Swans track featuring Big Blood's core duo playing a variety of instruments
 * 5) "Everything Is Improving" – 3:18 – from Radio Valkyrie 1905–1917 (2013)
 * 6) "Sick With Information" – 4:57 – from Fight for Your Dinner Vol. I (2014)
 * 7) "... Is All We Have" – 5:01 – from Dark Country Magic (2010)


 * Current period (2017–present)
 * 1) "Sweet Talker" (with 0:09 intro track "Skeleton Dream") – 5:39 – from Do You Wanna Have a Skeleton Dream? (2020)
 * 2) "Baby Eyes" – 5:36 – from Deep Maine (2019)
 * 3) "Our Love Will Still Be There" – 3:19 – from The Daughters Union (2017) – cover of The Troggs' "Our Love Will Still Be There"
 * 4) "Olamina (for Octavia Butler)" – 9:14 – from Operate Spaceship Earth Properly (2018)
 * 5) "A Message Sent" – 5:36 – from Deep Maine (2019)
 * 6) "Insecure Kids" – 5:11 – from Do You Wanna Have a Skeleton Dream? (2020)

P.S.: To my ears, Space Gallery (2007) is my personal favorite Big Blod album, so if you'd prefer a single album over a mix, try that one. If you're pressed for time, the first track above—"Oh Country (Skin & Bones)"—is about as beautiful and accessible as they get. Thanks! —blz 2049 ➠ ❏ 03:47, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Spoken article?
Is anyone considering recording a reading of this article? DerekSquared (talk) 00:39, 31 July 2022 (UTC)