big long sun are a Brighton-based eight-piece — Mina-Mae Alexander, Jamie Broughton, Ocean Goucher, Zofia Szymanowska, Oliver Parkes, Tom Gregory, Malte Henning, and Robert Smyth — that make "sonic bedroom art rock pop noises ... for dreaming." That last bit is real important to their loose-limbed folk oeuvre. Their latest single "call it a voice" drifts in a boisterous liminal space. It's spooky and sort of glorious, bringing to mind of Montreal, the Kinks, T. Rex, maybe even a little Donovan (in essence). There's some dark and psychedelic shit going on here. It's great.
A follow-up to last fall's also very good single "my stars aligning," "call it a voice" announces the group's third full-length love songs and spiritual recollections, which is out April 22. The band's Jamie Broughton revealed more about the new single saying: “A dark, paranoid folk anthem for the spiritually insecure mind. The lyrics explore the different shades of madness that accompany solitude. Whereas ‘my stars aligning’ presents a joyful and ecstatic aspect of the big long vision, ‘call it voice’ is cold and insular. A calculated mania in B minor, with major notes of melancholy."
Their press release also included their "manifesto" which speaks for itself:
The big long sun manifesto
we are big long sun and we play music for angry children
we are big long sun and we play music for the immaculate bitch
we are big long sun and we play music for mannequins
we are big long sun and we play music for people that work in kebab shops
we are big long sun and we play music for car parks
we are big long sun and we play music for broken loners and stoners
we are big long sun and we play music for money
we are big long sun and we play music for question marks
we are big long sun and we play music for prit stick nibblers
we are big long sun and we play music for obedient dogs
we are big long sun and we play music for thoughtless contemplation
we are big long sun and we play music for laptop screens
we are big long sun and we play music for the village townhall mafia
we are big long sun and we play music for roadmen to cry to
we are big long sun and we play music for the ones who loved you
we are big long sun and we play music for many many candles
we are big long sun and we play music for understanding grandmothers
we are big long sun and we play music for women with worries
we are big long sun and we play music for doubting clowns
we are big long sun and we play music for retired plumbers
we are big long sun and we play music for snails without homes
we are big long sun and we play music for us
we are big long sun and we play music for devastated salesmen
we are big long sun and we play music for bees trapped indoors
we are big long sun and we play music for organic matter
we are big long sun and we play music for the lords and landlords
we are big long sun and we play music for sad sailors
we are big long sun and we play music for happy accidents
we are big long sun and we play music for bit coin gentleman
we are big long sun and we play music for scientologists
we are big long sun and we play music for god sake
we are big long sun and we play music for Werner Herzog
we are big long sun and we play music for sweating cabbages
Listen to "call it a voice" below.
TRACKLIST:
01 “such a lovley day“
02 “i left a note“
03 “heavy (on your mind)“
04 “look away (and its over)“
05 “a way out“
06 “my stars aligning“
07 “if you get excited“
08 “sad happy song“
09 “call it a voice“
10 “another situation with you“
11 “oh god am i“
12 “a remedy“
love songs and spiritual recollections is out 4/22 via state51.
