WATCH: Big Scary – ‘Luck Now’

Big Scary keep going from strength to strength. I vaguely recall the duo playing a friend’s mini music fest at Grumpy’s Green down on Smith St four years ago. Now they’ve got their fine NYC mugshots in Interview mag and are taking stabs at Phil Collins’ repertoire, coz they can.

The pair are ready to drop their new album Not Art in just a little over a month (snippet preview here). It sounds excellent, of course. Not that you’d expect anything less from these guys. Big Scary’s sound has left a big impression on me since those ‘Apple Song’ days. But y’ know, stuff like that never really falls too far from the tree.

I’ve always warmed to these guys; Jo on fun drums + Tom’s fluffy piano pageantry and wavering vocal that kinda always sounds like he’s about to crack. The pair are pretty good at being stoic. Or trying to be. Bets that the new record is going to be just as beautiful and emotionally eye-gauging as the last. And if that doesn’t happen (which it won’t) – you’ll still be guaranteed the audio/visual equivalent of a hug anyway.

Big Scary are playing a sold out show in Sydney at Goodgod tonight and another sold out gig in Melbourne at the Corner this Saturday.
If you’re in Brissie though, there are still tickets to their Friday show at Ahlambra available for purchase here.

Not Art is released June 28th (Pieeater/Inertia)

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