Big (Dead Letter Circus song)

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"Big"
Single by Dead Letter Circus
Released9 April 2010
Recorded2009/2010
Genre Alternative rock, progressive rock
Length3:44
Label MGM Distribution
Songwriter(s) Kim Benzie, Stewart Hill, Rob Maric, Forrester Savell, Luke Williams
Dead Letter Circus singles chronology
"The Space on the Wall"
(2009)
"Big"
(2010)

"Big" is the first single by Australian rock band Dead Letter Circus from their debut studio album This Is the Warning . [1] It is the band's fifth single overall, following "The Space on the Wall", "Next in Line", "Reaction", and "Disconnect and Apply". Two of the aforementioned singles, "Next in Line" and "Reaction", are to be featured on This Is the Warning, but "Big" is the first official single from the album. [2]

Release

On Day #33 of the band's site, The Dead Letter Circus Project, the band put up a snippet of the song's riff. Over the next few days, the band put up bits and pieces to do with the song, like photos and videos of the band recording the song, a ringtone of the song, and others. Then, on Day #40, the band finally put up a full .mp3 download of the song. They also put up the artwork Cameron Gray had made for the song the following day, as he will be making artwork for every song from the album, as well as the album artwork. A music video for the song was released on YouTube on 23 May. It was also featured on Channel V's new music countdown later that day.

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References

  1. AU. "Dead Letter Circus | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. 10 August 2011 (48 days ago) - by Scott Sugarman (10 August 2011). "Interview with Kim Benzie of Dead Letter Circus - Rock Edition | Rock News, Interviews, Tour Dates, Videos and More!". Rock Edition. Retrieved 27 September 2011.