Big Special share new single “Desperate Breakfast”
Birmingham’s Big Special have shared the video for their new single “Desperate Breakfast”.
“Desperate Breakfast” is a marriage of bludgeoning percussion and buzzsaw synths that lays out the next chapter of a band manifesto that is already making converts of many. Following up on this summer's "This Here Ain’t Water," the new single kicks against the mocking "put up and shut up" mentality that broadcasts itself under the guise of being "character building."
Vocalist Joe Hicklin says of the track and video:
“It’s about that first meal of the day you have to force down before you drag yourself to the job you don’t want in the place you don’t want to be, and the normality of having no choice but to take part In that seemingly infinite routine. It is also in part about the similar cycle that occurs in unemployment. Either way, the morning brings desperation.
Tat Vision is a household name in Brum, we love his work, it’s spookiness, the mixture of humour and pain in those faces. We’re chuffed he was up for collaborating with us.”
Hicklin's brimstone-fired voice marches from guttural punk barks and serrated spoken word to soaring soul and back again, conjuring a vision of dilapidated smalltown high streets and capturing the exasperation of living pay cheque to pay cheque.
In short, “Desperate Breakfast” is a powerful and timely anthem from a band that is quickly becoming one of the most important voices in alternative music.
Watch the video for “Desperate Breakfast”:
Upcoming tour dates
14 Oct - Live At Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
19 Oct - Oslo, London, UK (supporting Benefits)
20 Oct - Altstadt (Hit The City), Eindhoven, NL
21 Oct - Left Of The Dial Festival, Rotterdam, NL
28 Oct - London Calling Festival, Rotterdam, NL
Nov 15 - The Great Escape First Fifty (Headline), Moth Club, London, UK
Nov 24 - The Granary Arts Cafe, Nantwich, UK (in support of Mind Charity)
11 Dec - The Louisiana, Bristol, UK
12 Dec - The Bodega, Nottingham, UK
13 Dec - Oporto, Leeds, UK
14 Dec - The Lexington, London, UK - SOLD OUT
15 Dec - Hare & Hounds 2, Birmingham, UK - SOLD OUT
16 Dec - Yes (The Basement), Manchester, UK
05 Jan - Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis, UK
