Big White’s sophomore album, Street Talk is thirty-five minutes of energetic and muscular indie pop rock tunes evoking the best of 80s English post-punk, new wave Australian rock with a distinctly modern voice.
Street Talk brings together the eclectic influences of all five members of Big White – particularly main songwriters (and vocalists) Cody, Nick and Jack.
Big White signed to Burger Records in 2015 after being scouted at a pub in Bondi, Sydney, which led to their US debut at SXSW that year, a US tour and performance at Burgerama with Ty Segall and Ariel Pink.
In 2016 they released their debut album ‘Teenage Dreams’ and spent 9 weeks touring it throughout North America, the UK / EU completely self-funded. It was during this time that they somehow managed to find time to bunker down in various recordings studios in Los Angeles, New York and Berlin to start demoing the new album (that is, alongside spending 4 weeks without accommodation, playing 11 nights back to back in NYC, almost burning down a venue and getting kicked out of a band room in New York when Green Day came for a surprise set). The album that you hear was put together closer to home, on the south coast of NSW. Needless to say, the result is an eclectic and energetic record filled with sharp lyricism replete with introspection and worldly insight.
