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Big Heet Announce Full-Length Debut “On A Wire”
Out October 20th via
Exploding In Sound Records’ Tape Club
Share politically charged new single “Flint”
Big Heet are sharing their first single “Flint” today with the announcement of their full-length debut, On A Wire, due out October 20th via the Exploding In Sound Records Tape Club. Led by former Ex-Breathers guitarist/singer David Settle, the Tallahassee quartet’s sound is rooted in post-hardcore with tangled post-punk, veering away from Settle’s hardcore past toward a highly combustible and dangerously loose sound. The Jimmy approved band’s debut album is a political statement of unrest, filled with primal fury and detached punk.
Speaking about “Flint,” Settle shared:
“It’s easy to become overwhelmed by our inability to change anything politically when the elected are ok with poisoning their own constituents and destroying the land. From the water crisis in Flint and the pipelines at Standing Rock and Sabal Palm, to the mass polluting of South Florida waters by Big Sugar companies (many of whom are top financial supporters of our highest-powered state politicians), its obvious that many in power care more about the corporate hands in their pockets than the lives they’re meant to represent.”
Post-Trash shared the premiere, David Anthony offering:
“One listen to “Flint,” the lead single from the band’s debut album On A Wire, shows a band going even further back into hardcore’s past. While Devo is an obvious reference point for “Flint,” it’s easy to contextualize the band in the present moment, at once sounding like bands such as Coneheads, Liquids, Booji Boys, or even Ausmuteants. Guitars jitter nervously atop the song’s wiry frame, serving as a bracing burst of fury that recalls hardcore’s gestational age.”
1. On A Wire
2. Flint
3. Yellow Badge
4. Suitandtie Skin
5. Conversation Paranoia
6. Mirror
7. Failure at Work
8. Incomplete
9. Digital Age
10. Personal/Political
“Flint,” a song that rages against the hubris and destruction brought on by a capitalist society, one that violates basic human rights for the sake of profit margins. It’s a rager of a song, and one that demands repeat listens. – David Anthony (Post-Trash)
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