{"id":33260,"date":"2012-08-14T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T13:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-big-awesome-birdfeeder-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:27:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:27:20","slug":"album-review-big-awesome-birdfeeder-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-big-awesome-birdfeeder-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Big Awesome – Birdfeeder EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Big Awesome<\/strong> is a mighty proposition as band names go, but this three-piece are trying their best to put their money where their mouth is with their debut EP ‘Birdfeeder.’<\/em> With comparisons to nineties emo and Braid especially, they have a lot to live up to with Birdfeeder, and for a debut, self-released EP, they sound remarkably complete and focussed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Grey\u2019s Birthday\u2019<\/em> flutters along airily \u00e1 la Jack\u2019s Mannequin, with dreamy, carefree guitars creating the perfect road trip song. There is a recklessness and genuine euphoria to the track which is refreshing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<a href=“http:\/\/bigawesome.bandcamp.com\/album\/birdfeeder” data-mce-href=“http:\/\/bigawesome.bandcamp.com\/album\/birdfeeder”>Birdfeeder by Big Awesome<\/a><\/p>\n

Bass led title track \u2018Birdfeeder\u2019<\/em> is a slightly different proposition. Sharper, harsher gang vocals are present against the loose, melodious guitar sound which has gained a slightly jagged edge. Discordant in places, but never unnecessarily, the track earns its\u2019 status as lead single by being catchy.<\/p>\n

\u2018Drawing A Line In The Sand\u2019<\/em> is more classically punk rock, with obvious hints of The Menzingers about it. Punchier and more aggressive than the rest of the EP, this song shows a band with much potential and a varied style.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Closing track \u2018Living With Love\u2019<\/em> is a bitter, punk track and a fitting conclusion. The track fizzes along nicely without a true explosion, a long fuse without a detonation. This shows not a failure in song writing however, but a refinement to the sound that Big Awesome put onto record. There is a knowing intelligence to the tracks that always keeps them sounding fresh.<\/p>\n

This is an EP of contrasting sounds; it veers from the peaceful to the chaotic, the low-energy to the high-energy but always retains a sense of perspective and is fun to listen to as well. It crams a lot into its\u2019 four tracks and makes for a very promising album appetiser indeed. \u00a0Big Awesome? They\u2019re on their way, definitely.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Birdfeeder’<\/em> EP by Big Awesome<\/strong> is available now on Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Big Awesome<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Tom White (@WhiteyWitters<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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