The foundations for the gritty lo-fi Chicago rock quintet Big Buildings began back in the late ‘90’s when childhood friends Matt Maloney (vocals, guitar) and Michael Wood (vocals, guitar) furiously exchanged four-track cassette tapes via post. In early 2001, Maloney, then playing in a variety of San Francisco bands, paid Wood a visit in Chicago to bash out an eight-song demo. Maloney relocated to Chicago in early 2002 and the initial trio of Big Buildings began playing the club circuit.
In 2002, Big Buildings produced and released their first EP This Is The Bricks (2002, Stars/No Stars). After a slew of different bass players, Maloney and Wood, all chipped in to get Maloney’s old San Francisco bandmate Matt Cummings (vocals, bass) a train ticket from New Orleans to Chicago to come and join up. At this point a quartet, Big Buildings hit the ground running on the sprawling Hang Together For All Time (2004, Stars/No Stars). This 19-song offering mixed and matched grainy swagger and melodic folk-rock, with all four members singing selections. Chicago press and radio effusively praised the record for its lo-fi bluster and compared the band to a rootsier Guided by Voices.
Big Buildings released Water Everywhere (2006, Stars/No Stars) to increasingly massive critical acclaim. The Chicago Reader’s Monica Kendrick anointed Water Everywhere “the best Chicago rock record of the year”, and the Chicago New City’s Tom Lynch called Big Buildings “everything you could possibly want from a rock band”.
The year 2007 found Big Buildings transitioning to a five man set-up as Chicago scene vets John Roeser (drums) and Greg Hamilton (keys, guitars) joined the band after the departure of original founding member Adam Yoffe. During the year, the band recorded its fourth release Wampum (2008, Stars/No Stars), an increasingly catchy slice of murky psychedelic rock, recorded almost entirely by the band to 4-track cassette. The band is currently supporting Wampum with shows in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.
her name was elizabeth. we were 15. every now & again I remember everything about our first night together. everytime nantucket sleighride stops me in my tracks on the radio & it's homecoming season. I was in a rehearsal spot in cleveland tryin to make it w/ a guitar when I first heard wampum . these two situations have more in common that blisters & blue balls. every now & again when you least expect it something comes along that stirs up the great mysteries & you never forget them. thank you for wampum.
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Damn, I am so proud of you guys! I had the most wonderful time Saturday night. I really hadn't known how much y'all unabashadly, thoroughly, intricately (+12 more cool adverbs)...rawk! Great meeting ya, John, Woody, Greg, Adam, and seeing ya again, Matt 'n Matt! Plus a shout out to Louis!
God damn you guys are good. I've already broken your new record with my hard, aggressive love for it. If you ever stop making music I'll hunt you down and kill you, individually.
Looking forward to your show on February 9. Once I finally learned how to spell February, I have been looking forward to everything that happens in that month but especially this record release of the wampum. Safe travels as well in the next week.
Big Buildings is the best band there is. Who doesn't know? Today my five year old son was trying to hum "uh oh I know you said it" while he was playing trains alone in his room. There are so many bands of strangers who obviously designate a member to just add myspace friends all night. Sometimes they even have fancy headshots. The nerve. The vulgarity. But BBs. Who doesn't know?
