Currently available:
Moneychasers [2011]
B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever) [2008]
Yes, Nice, Please, Thanks [Aquapop Records, 2001]
Upcoming Shows:
9.8.11 Cosmic Charlies, Lexington, KY
Big Fresh, the ten-member collective from Lexington, Kentucky, has expanded like the universe since 2009’s ambitious home-recorded B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever); they’ve been joined by a new singer (Kate Drof), a horn section, and two additional multi-instrumentalists.
The new Big Fresh album Moneychasers explodes with inventive catchiness and production details, lying in a galactic sector between Tusk and R. Stevie Moore. Adding horns and the lush voice of Drof into their elaborate arrangements brings out the Fleetwood Mac influence on Big Fresh, and the R. Stevie Moore element is no accident: Vocalist/songwriter John Ferguson spent his childhood having the hyper-creative lo-fi pioneer as a sort of uncle, appearing on Moore’s recordings and immersed in his process. Moore contributed guitar parts to the album.
With John Ferguson and Ben Phelan having joined world-touring indie band The Apples in stereo (and Ferguson contributing substantially on their most recent record), Big Fresh shows have been sighted, but are farther between -— yet in the studio, madly writing and producing, the band has evolved like a star cluster.
