History
"The band started with JK and Dan. They were in another band for five years together and they weren't happy with the way that it was going and they searched for a singer for about seven or eight months and then they ended up seeing me (Topher) at a show and stealing me from my band that I had just started and that's how I got started with them. We went through a couple people as far as drummers and guitarists and stuff and then we ended up, one of our good friends, Aaron Stern who played for a band called matchbook romance actually hooked us up with the guy that's our permanent drummer now, his name's Ryan Seaman and he actually used to drum for a band called I Am Ghost and he did stuff with Jeffree Star, which is silly and awesome I guess but now he's with us full time and we did another tour with this band called Tyler Read it was the Atticus Clothing Tour and we actually meshed really well with this one guitarist named Chris who played for Tyler Read and we thought he was the best guitar player we'd ever seen live and we had the opportunity to bring out a second guitarist. We wanted him hands down. He was at the top of the list so that's how that got set up and we love everyone and we're very very happy with the people we have." -Topher Talley [3]
As of March 2011, The Bigger Lights were listed on Doghouse Records website as Alumni. They released their second album, Battle Hymn, in July 2011. The Bandcamp digital download for Battle Hymn included a pdf "manifesto", which described the band's trials and tribulations leading up to their final release; "We left our record label and turned our back on the institutionalized music business. We declined tours that would have boosted our profile and generated income because they didn’t excite us. We rejected co-writes and production deals. We sold everything we could live without to resolve the debts that were driving us to make bad decisions based on the business of art rather than the integrity of the art itself. We burned the house down and stood on the smoldering ash and swore to each other that the next thing we did would either be the gutsiest, most relevant thing we had in us or we’d do nothing at all...“Battle Hymn” is as honest and self-actualized a record as the four of us were capable of making at this pivotal point in our lives." [4]
In May of 2011 Ryan Seaman left the band on amicable terms, and the band ultimately went on an indefinite hiatus after 2011. The band has teased reunions and new music over the years on social media, but nothing has been confirmed or released.
In October 2023 the band once more teased a reunion on Instagram, and in early 2024 Talley, McPeters, Royston, Mineheart, and Seaman got together for a Bigger Lights reunion, although it's unknown if they recorded new music or if any future releases or shows are planned. As of 2025, nothing has been announced.
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