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Combining the drummer of Drunkdriver (Jeremy Villalobos) and the avant noise guitar work of Zs (Ben Greenberg) with the bass and vocals of Tia Vincent leaves you with the newest insurgent into the revivalist Brooklyn hardcore scene; Pygmy Shrews.
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The overwhelming success of the revamped, Jared & Coady-aided Melvins has been a mixed blessing for Big Business; as their duties with King Buzzo’s crew have increased, so too have their profiles, yet, it’s greatly detracted from their actual output as a band. It’s been more than two years since they dropped Here Comes the Waterworks on a largely unsuspecting public that proceeded to flip their collective wig for its brutalizing bottom-end power and bludgeoning lyrical cunning. A couple of tour-only EPs have attempted to sate the salivating monkeys demanding new Big Biz, but to little or no avail, as it only served to further whet their appetites for the next main course. One that’s been far too slow in the coming. Now, finally, after countless months of speculation and blog/Twitter/MySpace rumor, their latest full-length is ready for mass consumption.
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Big Business will unleash their third full-length album into the world next week, but they’re so generous they’re going to let you listen to it now — for free!
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Los Angeles trio, Big Business has promised a new PR angle soon (by way of new music), but we’re so anxiously awaiting their Hydra Head release Mind The Drift, which comes out in April, that we wanted an update. Unfortunately, they told us the exact same thing as the last time we checked in. Except now we have artwork and a track listing to pass along.
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With a new guitarist in tow and a months spent with producer Phil Ek recording the follow-up to 2007’s Here Come The Waterworks, Big Business is finally pleased to announce the completion of their new full length album, Mind The Drift. Oh, and that they “think it turned out great.”
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