With their 2011 debut “Lights Out”, the duo of Kacey Underwood and Alice Costelloe, aka Big Deal drew critical acclaim for their stripped down though deeply resonant music. At once pristine and beautiful yet emotionally fraught, their combined voices spun tales of loss and longing over guitars and nothing else but a cauldron of seething passions.
Now comes ‘Teradactol’, a squalling monster of a track which sees the duo enlist a drummer and bass player to create a gorgeous wall of grungy noise. Recorded with Rory Attwell (PAWS, Veronica Falls), it is a stunning volte face for the band, and one which considerably opens up their sonic palette to include all kinds of incredible possibilities for their new album, coming in 2013.
The video, directed by Joey Ryken, came about after discussions with the band and their shared esoteric interests… “In the end” explain Big Deal “We settled on a sort of alien transmission via dreamachine.”