![]() ![]() It’s a bigger deal than it might be for other musicians Lenker and her bandmates speak of their bond in language that’s reminiscent not so much of tourmates as of fellow members of a support group. When we meet on a chilly late-February afternoon in Manhattan, though, Lenker has almost more breathing room than she knows what to do with: This is the longest stretch of time that the members of Big Thief have been apart since the band formed in 2015. ![]() “It’s just a space holder, until I can get an implant,” Lenker says, chuckling to herself as her eyes drift off. ![]() When she finally gets a permanent replacement, she figures she’ll probably go with bone-white, but it has been fun to temporarily have a gold tooth-an external gesture toward a more private treasure. The singer-songwriter-guitarist of Big Thief lost an incisor in a bike accident a few years ago. “Sometimes when I talk with my tooth thing in, my mouth starts to feel really dry,” she says, laughing. When she returns, a sly smile glimmers as she lifts two fingers and pulls out a pink hunk of fake gums attached to a little kernel of gold. “Sorry, I need to get a napkin to put my tooth in,” Adrianne Lenker says, briefly abandoning a steaming bowl of pho. ![]()
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