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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You by Big Thief
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is an album by Big Thief, released in 2022. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 28 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Simulation Swarm”, on 18 lists with a best position of #2.
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Big Thief's fifth album, arrived on 4AD on February 11, 2022, and it sprawls in the best sense: a double album of 20 songs, cut over five months in five different spots around the country with drummer James Krivchenia in the producer's chair. Rather than polish one sound, the band lets the sessions wander, from hushed indie folk to rowdy country rock and dusty Americana, with Adrianne Lenker's voice cracking open at the center and Buck Meek's guitar curling around it.
Critics fell for it across the board, and it reached the top ten in Belgium and the Netherlands. It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album, and "Certainty" picked up one of its own for Best Alternative Music Performance. It also turned out to be the last Big Thief album with founding bassist Max Oleartchik, who left in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simulation Swarm | 18 | #2 | – | 2022–2026 | |
| 2 | Certainty | 7 | #18 | – | 2021–2026 | |
| 3 | No Reason | 1 | #37 | – | 2022 | |
| 4 | Change | 1 | #448 | – | 2024 | |
| 5 | Spud Infinity | 1 | #82 | – | 2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.