Today’s newest addition to the Breaking More Waves collection
of new bands and artists is a boy / girl duo that hail from Sydney and London.
Last Friday they released their debut single in what appears to be a
spectacularly low-key way, with seemingly no promotion at all except a post on
their social media, which is a shame; because the song in question, Band Aid,
is a rather charming old-fashioned and heartfelt indie pop song.
Despite the seemingly quiet start to this band (currently
they have 50 monthly listeners on Spotify) The Big Heat are not novices. Lucy
Taylor, the London based one of the pair, has written for Dua Lipa (Be The One),
sung vocals on Kele from Bloc Party’s solo single What Did I Do and had a past
electronic project called Pawws which featured on these pages way back in 2012
(named as ‘our new blog-crush favourite). Meanwhile Dave Jenkins Jr, the Sydney
one, has his own solo project called Not A Boys Name and has played with the
likes of Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Vera Blue.
Band Aid sounds like a perfect retro summer pop song. It harks back to a time when big glossy production was less important than all those
simple things like hooks, melodies and quirky instrumental parts. If I didn’t
know better, from their sound I’d have guessed that The Big Heat was a group of
floppy fringed charity shop wearing students doing art history degrees who once
supported Belle and Sebastian. Don’t hold my incorrect judgements against them
though – savour The Big Heat and enjoy the music.
The Big Heat feature on the Breaking More Waves New Music Weekly Playlist (here).
The Big Heat - Band Aid
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