Bigwig follows up
\nUnmerry Melodies<\/i> (Fearless Records) with
\nStay Asleep<\/i>, a more mature sounding recording. The band
\ntoured endlessly in support of
\nUnmerry<\/i> and became a strong live band. That cohesiveness was
\ncaptured in the studio while recording this CD.<\/p>\n
Like on
\nUnmerry<\/i>, vocalist\/guitarist Tom is clearly the leader of
\nthis quartet as they scorch through the 14 songs on this release.
\nHe has matured in his vocal delivery, especially on “Smile” where
\nhis voice sustains a command of the melody he is singing,
\nespecially on the lyrics, “Can you see it in my eyes?” He tells a
\nstory about his girlfriend leaving him and tweaks the story with
\nsarcasm when he sings, “I’ll go piss in her coffee pot again\/ she
\nsaid she’s coming back\/ But I know she’s never coming back
\nagain.”<\/p>\n
“Sellout” changes from an anti-MTV tirade into a tirade against
\nfans of bands that claim a band sold out. In the short, tense
\n“Jerk” Tom sings, “What’s wrong with your mind this time? What’s
\ngone wrong with your life? I’m trying to make it work, but I guess
\nI’m too much of a jerk (that about sums it up.)”<\/p>\n
Bigwig is too angry to be loved by mainstream America and I get
\nthe feeling the band doesn’t give a damn about that. In “Numbers”
\nTom asks, “How can I fight for your country\/ When your country
\nwon’t fight for me?” In “Sellout” he asks, “”Before you open your
\nmouth\/ and say a band sold out\/ Do you know what they’ve been
\nthrough\/ know what they’ve gone through\/ to play in front of you?\/
\nNow who’s the sellout?”<\/p>\n
Asking tough questions, but not supplying the answer. That is
\ngood because the questions make you think. Thought-provoking punk?
\nDamn right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5874],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-36804","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-bigwig","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36804"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36804"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}