Attention Big Teasers! Over the past month, we have been speaking with various record companies, and we currently are putting together a showcase for several major labels in New York! We've been reaching out to major labels for the past year, and we've finally landed an official showcase where will play live in front of A&R Executives from several major record companies! We have a club interested in putting on a show, and we have A&R Reps ready to come out and see us, we only have one problem... WE NEED SOME MONEY TO MAKE THE BIG TRIP TO THE BIG APPLE! The life on an indie artist is a great one, but its also a poor one. We need your help so we can pay for a Van Rental, Gas, Balogni Sandwiches and Ramen, and somewhere to crash for our New York City trip. If you could spare anthing, a dollar, a dime, anything to bring us one step closer to fulfilling our dream of signing with a major label, we would be eternally indebted to you! You can simply click on the link below, and with either Visa, Mastercard, or PayPal, you can make a donation to our cause. So now more than ever, don't be a tease, be a BIG TEASE! And help us get to New York City in one piece!!! (for more information, click on the MANAGEMENT email link)
ANY DONATION AMOUNT ACCEPTED!!!
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The Big Tease is in the middle of an identity crisis.
Growing up in a region oversaturated with cowboy hats, gospel churches, and more twang than an old Johnny Cash record, the Big Tease has always seemed more than just a bit out of place. I wont say we all dont own Wranglers and cowboy boots, Brent exclaims, as he sits with the band, taking some time off to clear their heads at their favorite local rendezvous, 4620, a dimly lit, subterranean club not far removed from New Yorks underground jazz scene. Dressed in their trademark vintage swag, often sampling from the burlesque, western and vintage selection at the local Goodwill, theres no doubt they stand out as a rock n roll band not from around these parts. The Teases affinity for a wide array of bands, ranging from The Beatles, Queen, and Duran Duran, can be seen and heard in everything from their wardrobe, style and demeanor to the range of songs on their new EP, Paper Symphony.
Weve stopped defining our sound. Chase admits. Once you begin defining yourself, you create boundaries. On our last album, we played by the rules. This time, were making our own. And you understand what he means the minute you listen to Paper Symphony. Far from the guitar-driven power-pop of their first record, the album relies heavily on skillful arrangement, eclectic instrumentation, and thoughtful lyrics to augment The Big Teases signature trademarks. After introducing the album with a music box-esque piano requiem, the band launches into the first song titled Casanova, a modern rock adaptation of a 1920s Broadway love affair. The songs classical and dramatic themes are driven by the punctuating piano style of Bill Dabbs, showing off the chops he developed from playing along with old Billy Joel and Elton John records in his basement. The percussion on the record further compliments the bands newfound original style. On the fifth track, Fallen Chandelier, Gavin directs the band like a seasoned maestro through a three and a half minute romp that consistently and deliberately changes tempos and time signatures.
The album ends with possibly the best track on the record, November Left, a classical piano ballad reminiscent of the Lennon/McCartney school of song writing. November Left ends thematically in sync with the bands current position as musicians, weathered and optimistic. This is the album weve all been both eager and scared to write, Bill mentions. But its been so therapuetic to finally allow ourselves to be fearlessly creative. If Paper Symphony is just a tease, it will be exciting to find out what else they have hiding up their sleeves, or even hidden in their cowboy boots.
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