“Tuneful, quirky pop,” says Brooklyn Vegan. Hear
“The Voices” single now via PopMatters
featuring vocals from Ken Stringfellow of The Posies.
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Big Fresh (clockwise from lower left): Ben Phelan, Brian
Connors Manke, John Ferguson, Ben Fulton, Nick Coleman, Dave Farris, Kim
Conlee, Matthew Clarke, Faith Diamond. Photo credit: Chad Stockfleth.
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Big Fresh – In The Press
“Tuneful, quirky pop.” — Brooklyn Vegan
“Big Fresh throws the listener one curveball after
another.” — PopMatters
“Proud purveyors of exotically down-home art pop.” — Ace Weekly (Lexington)
“This is the bloody mythic core of pop tunesmithery.” —
Power of Pop
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“Summons memories of Todd Rundgren’s marriages between booty shaking rhythms and
embittered observations about the soul-draining nature of conformity and
well-manicured laws and lawns...” – PopMatters
on “The Voices” by Big Fresh
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The collective known as Big Fresh, one of Lexington, Kentucky’s most venerable pop music
institutions, is back this summer!
Following up last year’s “Fall Preview” EP with the five-track EP “Sweeps” on August 10th,
the new collection of tunes is essentially the other side of the coin that we
saw the face of last year. “Sweeps”
arrives on the band’s Desperate Spirits
label (Jeanne Vomit-Terror, ATTEMPT, Italian Beaches) – co-founded by John Ferguson of The Apples
In Stereo – and will be available digitally, as well as in a limited vinyl
edition.
Similar to the ebullient sonic tropes of “Fall Preview,” “Sweeps” draws from musical touchstones near and far, synthesizing
the breezy harmonies of The Free Design,
the lush arrangements of David Axelrod,
and the gleeful deconstructionism of XTC.
Like its predecessor, “Sweeps” also features notable guest contributions from the band’s
friends including Ken Stringfellow
of The Posies (hear “The Voices” now via PopMatters), Per Sunding of Eggstone,
Karen and Ryan Hover of Sound of Ceres
and Candy Claws, along with vocalist
Reva English of label mates Italian Beaches, and local Lexington
heroes Tim Welch and Chris Dennison.
Its cover art, once again by the amazing Chad Stockfleth, is itself worthy of a
biblical tome, too. Bookending the TV Guide-theme introduced with “Fall
Preview,” it features nearly the same concept and composition, “Only this time
the digest sits amid trailer trash, and underclass accoutrement,” says
Ferguson.
The “Sweeps” EP by Big Fresh arrives August 10th, 2018
on Desperate Spirits. John Ferguson
of Big Fresh is available for
interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Big Fresh – Live
08/09/2018: Lexington, KY @ WRFL Studios (Trivial Thursdays)
08/19/2018: Lexington, KY @ The Burl (Record Release Show, 1PM)
09/08/2018: Lexington, KY @ Tahlsound Music Festival
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Big Fresh
“Sweeps” EP
Aug. 10th, 2018
(Desperate Spirits)
Track Listing:
01. Hottie Tottie (feat. Ryan Hover)
02. I Found Out
03. Uh Oh (feat. Per Sunding & Karen Hover)
04. Cosmos Song (feat. Reva English)
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Big Fresh Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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