Big Tree releases new LP This New Year TODAY!
On nation-wide tour now!
Full album streaming on Absolute Punk tomorrow!
NEW MP3 (Cleared to post): Big Tree - "Seattle Bound"
MP3 (Cleared to post): Big Tree - "This Fall"
Once
upon a time, five fresh-faced and naive students ventured to Sarah
Lawrence College, where each one imagined all of his and her hopes and
dreams would come true. As fate would have it, all five enrolled in the
jazz program where they learned about tritone substitutions and how to
hold their whiskey. Each night the music building would stay open until
2am, where they would practice their instruments until security locked
up and sent them home. Never ready to say good night, the five friends
would stay up a few hours more listening to records and sharing ideas in
a smoky dorm room where the inspiration never ran dry.
On
one of these nights, Kaila admitted she wrote pop songs when she wasn’t
trying to figure out the overwhelming complexities of jazz theory. She
played a few of these songs to her friends, and they picked up their
instruments and played along. The band soon formed, rehearsals were
scheduled, and tours were booked. They recorded a self-titled debut
album in living rooms, bathrooms, and bedrooms, and self-released it in
2008.
Tour Dates:
10.04 • WDVX LIVE (Knoxville, TN)
10.04 • BOBO Gallery (Asheville, NC)
10.06 • The Grape Room (Philadelphia, PA)
10.07 • Sarah Lawerence College (Bronxville, NY)
10.08 • Union Hall (Brooklyn, NY)
10.11 • Middle East (Cambridge, MA)
10.22 • Pancho's (Chicago, IL)
10.23 • Bryant Lake Bowl (Minneapolis, MN)
10.24 • Uptown Bills (Iowa City, IW)
10.25 • Sidedoor (Omaha, NE)
10.26 • RocknSoul Cafe (Boulder, CO)
10.27 • Lion's Lair (Denver, CO)
10.30 • Plush (Tuscon, AZ)
11.01 • Ackerman Ballroom (Los Angeles, CA)
11.02 • Tin Can Alehouse (San Diego, CA)
11.04 • Bootleg Tavern (Los Angeles, CA)
11.06 • Crepe Place (Santa Cruz, CA)
11.07 • Rickshaw Stop (San Francisco, CA)
11.10 • Comet Tavern (Seattle, WA)
NEW MP3 (Cleared to post): Big Tree - "Seattle Bound"
MP3 (Cleared to post): Big Tree - "This Fall"
After a couple years of success on their SLC campus and around New York City, the band began to fall apart. After graduation, the band members were confronted with the harsh realities of real life; jobs got in the way of rehearsals, new friends became more exciting than old ones, and it was impossible to get five people on the same page. Two of the band members went on to pursue their own projects, leaving the rest of the group momentarily unsure if they could or should continue on as Big Tree.
But the same fate that brought together these five friends at Sarah Lawrence would soon reveal that Big Tree wasn’t finished yet. The organic magic that lead to the band’s formation and dissolution presented a new guitar player and harmonizer at an opportune moment. The new bandmates hopped on board, and suddenly the adventures, rehearsals, new songs, and shows kept coming.
Three years, three cross-country tours, two full length albums, one Daytrotter Session, one NYC Deli
Magazine Band of the Month title, and over 200 incredible shows later,
Big Tree is still growing and expanding with the release of their second
full length album This New Year.
This New Year finds the band expanding on a sound that is “a difficult one to classify, but an easy one to enjoy” (FencePost). It is infectious pop music splashed with colorful harmonies, driven by pulsing rhythms, unique time signatures, group vocals, and poetic quirky imagery. Kaila McIntyre-Bader, Luke Bace, Colin Fahrner, Dan Pirello, and Anna Ghezzi have been called “fiercely talented” (Prarie Dog) and “remarkably captivating” (Magnet Magazine). Big Tree is growing roots on both the East and West Coasts, touring in a vegetable oil van and leaving a trail of blissful celebration in its wake.
This New Year finds the band expanding on a sound that is “a difficult one to classify, but an easy one to enjoy” (FencePost). It is infectious pop music splashed with colorful harmonies, driven by pulsing rhythms, unique time signatures, group vocals, and poetic quirky imagery. Kaila McIntyre-Bader, Luke Bace, Colin Fahrner, Dan Pirello, and Anna Ghezzi have been called “fiercely talented” (Prarie Dog) and “remarkably captivating” (Magnet Magazine). Big Tree is growing roots on both the East and West Coasts, touring in a vegetable oil van and leaving a trail of blissful celebration in its wake.
Artist - Big Tree
Album - This New Year
US Release Date - October 4, 2011
US Release Date - October 4, 2011
Label - s/r
Track Listing:
01. This Fall
02. Augury
03. Seattle Bound
04. This New Year
05. Two Seasons
06. Open Window
07. Gloria
08. Storm King
09. Home (Here)
10. Woods
11. October
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