BIG SPECIAL

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• Rob’s Album of The Week: Big Special’s Postindustrial Hometown Blues | Medium | May 13, 2024, 1:02 p.m.
When it comes to the music of the working class, hip hop and punk rock both have had an equal presence over the past few decades. Both art…

• FLASH: POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES – BIG SPECIAL | Unis Son | May 14, 2024, 6:28 p.m.
POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES by BIG SPECIAL is probably one of the year's most anticipated albums. Rightfully so. Review.

• BIG SPECIAL – POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES | Dork | May 16, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Sheer brilliance from start to finish.

• Big Special Preview Upcoming New Album at Liverpool’s District [Show Review] | V13.net | May 14, 2024, 3 p.m.
Big Special continue to tease their upcoming new album ‘POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES’ in Liverpool with support from Gans...

• BIG SPECIAL – POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES: Punk, Politics and Poetry | therockrevival.co.uk | May 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
BIG SPECIAL’s debut album, POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES, marks their powerful entry into the British punk scene, defying the notion that punk is dead. The album, a mix of punk, heavy rock, b…

• Rob’s Album of The Week: Big Special’s Postindustrial Hometown Blues | Medium | May 13, 2024, 1:02 p.m.
When it comes to the music of the working class, hip hop and punk rock both have had an equal presence over the past few decades. Both art…

• Big Special Released Debut Album “Postindustrial Hometown Blues” | Thoughts Words Action | May 13, 2024, 6:34 a.m.
Photo by Isaac Watson BIG SPECIAL have released their highly-anticipated debut album POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES. A run of blistering and dynamic single releases in recent months finally see…

• ALBUM REVIEW: Post Industrial Hometown Blues - Big Special | Distorted Sound Magazine | May 10, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Adam Beales reviews the debut album from Black Country post-punk duo Big Special! Read the review of 'Post Industrial Hometown Blues' here!

• Album Review: Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues | New Noise Magazine
Overall, Postindustrial Hometown Blues sounds a crushing collection of homilies and hymns delivered over the pounding and whirring of factory machines. It is interspersed with slower sparser more poetic moments which at times provide light in the darkness but at others increase its weight by contrast. This album is not only a portrait of a place but also a plea for deliverance and a staunch and firm declaration of one's own selfhood therein

• Black Country duo BIG SPECIAL talk on debut album 'Post Industrial Hometown Blues' | Soundsphere magazine | May 10, 2024, 2:52 p.m.
Black Country duo Big Special sit down with Archie Jackson to discuss their debut album ‘Post Industrial Hometown Blues’ ahead of its release on the 10th of May.

• Big Special: "The album theme is depression in its different forms" | The Book of Man | May 10, 2024, 7:41 a.m.
Big Special are the new band from Birmingham whose debut album 'POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES' is an ambitious opus of poetic punk-hop.

• BIG SPECIAL: "We never set out to be the next Robbie Williams" | Dork | May 10, 2024, 3 p.m.
From the Black Country to the world stage, BIG SPECIAL’s debut album ‘POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES’ is a raw and honest reflection of the band’s journey and the universality of working-class struggles.

• Black Country band formed during Covid celebrate release of their debut album | www.expressandstar.com
A Black Country music duo are celebrating the release of their debut studio album.

• Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues Album Review | Indie is not a genre | May 9, 2024, 6:52 p.m.
Big Special fill a gap in the post punk market, and their debut album, Postindustrial Hometown Blues, firmly establishes the duo in the scene.

• Big Special: POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES Review - greater heights | Punk | The Line of Best Fit
The boys from The Black Country are offering up a record of truth and resilience at a time when the nation is in a great transition period. It’s not so much nagging about how shit everything is, but celebrating that we’re probably gonna be alright

• Big Special - 'Postindustrial Hometown Blues' album review | Far Out Magazine | May 9, 2024, 6:01 a.m.
Black Country duo Big Special have unveiled their long-awaited debut album 'Postindustrial Hometown Blues', a record which is held back by a lack of variety.

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