life is too short to listen to old music
BIG SPECIAL
country: UK
genre: Alternative
styles: Synth, Punk, Spoken Word, Post-Punk, Electro
ABOUT THIS BAND
For BIG SPECIAL - Joe Hicklin (vocals) and Callum Moloney (drums) - their sound is one that comes from vital, frustrated young working-class voices that don’t always get heard on the scale they should do. It’s a frustration that comes to the fore through a voice that is at times coarse and raw, but sensitive, desperate and soulful at others. Joe’s brimstone-fired voice marches from guttural punk barks and serrated spoken word to soaring soul and back again, in a form of alchemy that only he knows how to conjure. Their approach to a strand of punk with its roots in spoken word with such a soulful edge arrives siphoned from their forebears, crushed under the weight of history, and retooled for a new generation. It’s wrought, raw and angry at a world lacking options, the thinning of the common understanding between the social classes of England, exasperation at repeating cycles, and the feeling that you’re watching your own life unfold from the outside.
Releases
Single
DRAGGED UP A HILL (and thrown down the other side)
out on November 26, 2025
via So Recordings
Single
PLAINTIVE NATIVE
out on October 15, 2025
via So Recordings
LP
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
out on July 04, 2025
via So Recordings
LP
POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES (Deluxe)
out on February 21, 2025
via So Recordings
Single
BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE (Acoustic Version)
out on July 26, 2024
via So Recordings
LP
POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
out on May 10, 2024
via So Recordings
Single
BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE bd/wh
out on April 01, 2024
via So Recordings
Single
BUTCHER'S BIN
out on March 13, 2024
via So Recordings
Single
DUST OFF / START AGAIN
out on February 05, 2024
via So Recordings
Single
TREES
out on December 06, 2023
via So Recordings
Single
DESPERATE BREAKFAST
out on September 20, 2023
via So Recordings
Single
THIS HERE AIN'T WATER
out on June 15, 2023
via So Recordings
Single
SHITHOUSE
out on May 10, 2023
via So Recordings
Videos
DIG! & FOR THE BIRDS
February 14, 2025
BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE (Official Video)
April 25, 2024
BUTCHER'S BIN
March 13, 2024
DUST OFF / START AGAIN
February 05, 2024
TREES
December 06, 2023
DESPERATE BREAKFAST
September 20, 2023
THIS HERE AIN'T WATER
June 15, 2023
SHITHOUSE
May 10, 2023
Concerts
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