Big Special have announced their headline tour for this coming winter, including a date in Portsmouth, hot off the band of their new EP, O’Joy!, out via SO Recordings.
The ten-track collection arrives following the singles Only Free when Sleeping, Plaintive Native, Sluglife and Dragged Up A Hill (and thrown down the other side), completing a project the Black Country duo have described as “the fallen parts” of their first two records – reworked, reshaped and given a life of their own.
Comprised of vocalist Joe Hicklin and drummer Callum Moloney, Big SpecialL have spent the last few years building a reputation as one of the UK’s most vital new bands; channeling working-class frustration, dark humour, tenderness and fury into songs that feel both deeply personal and painfully communal. O’Joy! continues that trajectory while pushing further into the shadows, gathering together songs that didn’t previously fit within the emotional architecture of their albums but still demanded their own space.
Before their headline tour, Big Special play a run of festivals and live dates throughout the summer, including TRNSMT, Boomtown, Beautiful Days and Moseley Folk Festival, with more shows to be announced soon. They will also be touring North America this Autumn with headline shows as well as dates as special guests of Lambrini Girls.
Big Special will be at the Wedgewood Rooms on December 10th.
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