Artist:Big Dead

This Brisbane five piece (formed in 2010) bring a kind of world-weary abandon to their particular brand of Alt Rock/ Art Rock. 10 years in and Big Dead have two EP’s under their belt, alongside a huge number of shows with artists including The Paper Kites, Nonsemble, MKO Sun; Jungle Love Festival two years in a row; and a number of successful tours up and down the easy cost. Their latest run of singles: Former Self, Mary and Micropsopic were well received across community radios including 3RRR, FBi Radio and 4ZZZ runs an addled path through jazz and rock experimentalism, recalling the sprawling reveries of Spiritualized and the skittering polyrhythmic manoeuvres of Jaga Jazzist. This is music which smooths as many feathers as it rustles. Big Dead’s music evokes that sombre, heavy-lidded romantic postlude – mementoes, that are more of a sedated slow burn than agitated recollection, with subdued sax trading coyly with soporific drums and anchored in words of enigmatic reflection. ...