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Released: Jan 1, 2010
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Here to give thanks to the sounds of the past, action to the sounds of the present, and shape to the sounds of the future. Big Science is the soundtrack to making out with your junior high crush, while watching a John Hughes film at a YMCA lock in. The rhythm of drinking Boone's Farm in high school lust, seated on the hood of a beat up white Hyundai, in the heat and dust of summer apple orchards. Working too hard, sleeping too little, drinking too much, just smoked your last cigarette, last dollar harmony.

In 2007 Jason Hendrix and Jason Richards, ex-members of The North Atlantic, left San Diego and moved to Chicago. The North Atlantic was ending a seven year, 500+ show existence which saw them sign to We Put Out Records, release a well-received Wires In The Walls and tour and play shows with many including Murder By Death, These Arms Are Snakes and Cursive. They moved to start a new band with long-time friend Jason Clark. A mutual friend introduced the three to Jeremy Pena and then the four proceeded to practice and write feverishly for the next six months. December of 2008 saw Big Science self-record and self-release an EP entitled The Coast of Nowhere. Following it's release, the group continued to play more and more successful shows in 2009, opening up for the likes of Frank Black's Grand Duchy project, Planes Mistaken For Stars and The Life and Times. The following year brought a one-off record contract with AEMMP Records for another EP which was called Skyscraper Sound. The band played larger local shows like Wicker Park Fest and also toured to SXSW to support the release. Shortly after returning from the trip, Hendrix, Pena and Richards parted ways with Clark. The three kept writing and recording through the winter and into the spring in their studio. They brought on long-time pal and ex-Company Of Thieves, ex-Wax On Radio member Bob Buckstaff in late 2010 for guitar and keyboard duties. 2011 has been both hot and cold for Big Science. The bad? Getting their van stolen. They persevere though playing Chicago's Do Division Festival and opening for Les Savy Fav. After releasing preview single, "Loose Change Century" to critical acclaim in June, Big Science continues putting the finishing touches on their first full-length record, Difficulty.

Big Science is simply another band made up of four friends entrenched, dedicated and in love with the act of making music that captivates and exalts the native tones of being, of youth, of the city. With instruments held high, cables aligned, knobs turned and tweaked, amplified across time, and eyes to sky, Big Science advances. Raise 'em up, cheers to the wonder.

Press: Thomas Fricilone, (e) tfricilone@gmail.com

Management: Naomie Mourino, (e) naomie.mourino@gmail.com

General Info

  • Genre: New Wave / Pop / Post punk

    Location CHICAGO, Un

    Profile Views: 100004

    Last Login: 2/1/2012

    Member Since 3/4/2008

    Website www.bigscienceband.com

    Record Label None

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    We all were born and then later we met up and started this band.

  • Members

    Jason Hendrix (Vocals and Guitar), Jason Richards (Bass and Keyboard), Bob Buckstaff (Guitar and Keyboard), Jeremy Pena (Drums and Vocals).

  • Influences

    Big Country, U2, Neil Diamond, Talking Heads, Archers of Loaf, Pavement, The Clash, Joy Division, New Order, Bruce Springsteen,The Afghan Whigs, Eno, Bowie, The Cure, Wire, The Replacements, Pixies, Spoon, Lungfish, The Sound, Gang of Four, Husker-Du, Embrace, Cyndi Lauper, James Brown, Queen, Can, Kraftwerk, Neu.

  • Sounds Like

    Silky Jams.

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Press

"Members of Big Science don't perform while wearing lab coats and holding Bunsen burners, but listeners might need a PhD to figure out exactly what genre of music this Ukrainian Village-based foursome play."- Chicago Tribune


"Like fellow new-wave-derived, Peter Hook-inspired bands Interpol and The Killers, Chicago foursome Big Science mixes danceable bass lines, propulsive percussion, and soaring, echoing choruses."- The A.V. Club


"The new tracks were danceable, welcome additions to their set. The crowd fed on their intensity and took up jiving around the floor with beers in hand, and arms in the air. Ending on the familiar and long-time favorite, "DNC," they left the crowd bouncing with energy and rabid for more."- Brooklyn Vegan Chicago


"Big Science offers up some dreamy New Order/Joy Division-esque tunes, and at this point they should probably already have an opening slot for The Killers on their next tour. Not the usual sound that comes out of the Chicago musical landscape."- Gaper's Block


"Loose Change Century" displays the familiarity of Big Science's staple sound, but their impressive growth within their envelope-pushing aesthetic and depth in songwriting clearly shows these guys have a bright future ahead of them."- UR Chicago


"Plenty of acts are recreating '80s new wave with hustling guitars, slick keyboards, and yearning vocals, but few do it with greater stylistic charm than Big Science."- Illinois Entertainer


Skyscraper Sound

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