Big Mess Announce New Album “Cleaning Up With Big Mess” & Stream Two Tracks

Copenhagen’s power pop punks Big Mess are a pile of hooks and energy who take their cues from the timeless masters of melody, loud guitars and high BPMs. Cleaning Up With Big Mess is the band’s fourth full length and its first collaboration with UK based label Specialist Subject Records. The album, that will be released on the 17th November, shows Big Mess at their most accomplished yet, and shows total dedication to reaching the ultimate in hit making, imagine a singles compilation by your favourite band and you get the idea. To accompany the announcement the band are also streaming two brand new tracks from their upcoming album, Future Legend & Telephone.

Future Legend sees Big Mess takes a step toward the 90’s with downstroke galore, bouncy melodic bass and a big fat chorus. Sounding like The Muffs and Gilman-era Green Day hanging out with Cock Sparrer, the track is an anthem to the dead end and sticking to your guns for better or worse.

Telephone, possibly the most power pop subject matter of them all, takes musical cues from Paul Collins, early Alice Cooper and The Cars, the track fizzles with hard rock riffs, jangle, falsetto harmonies and a surprisingly pummeling rhythm section.

Songwriting is key for Big Mess with no room for duds, lyrically, the songs are heartfelt and occasionally stupid, with the dangers and difficulties of existence and the joys of rocking holding equal importance. Having been a band for nearly a decade, Big Mess‘ playing is instinctive, effortless and relentless topped with vocals that combine a hooky sense of melody and rhythm with the right amount of desperation. This time the band adds a refreshingly shameless amount of backing vocals and harmonies that only add to the effective singalong quality.