| Big Business / Head for the Shallow |
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| Album: | Head for the Shallow | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Big Business | Added: | Aug 2005 | |
| Label: | Hydra Head | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-08-07 | Pull Date: | 2005-10-09 | Charts: | Loud |
| Week Ending: | Oct 9 | Oct 2 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 | Aug 14 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 01, 2019: | On The Warpath Easter Romantic | 4. | Jun 07, 2016: | The Library Easter Romantic | |
| 2. | Apr 27, 2019: | On The Warpath Easter Romantic | 5. | Dec 18, 2010: | Scatterbrain Radio Easter Romantic | |
| 3. | Feb 24, 2018: | On The Warpath Focus Pocus | 6. | Dec 04, 2010: | Scatterbrain Radio Easter Romantic |
| Album Review |
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| mike Reviewed 2005-08-08 | ||
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Big Business – Head for the Shallow (Hydra Head) Wonderful, bombastic, riff centric hard rock. This is mostly a duo comprised of Coady Willis (Murder City Devils/Dead Low Tide) on drums and vocals, and Jared Warren (Karp/Tight Bros.) on bass and vocals. There are guest guitars on a handful of tracks. This record looks at hardrock/metal in a way that bands like the Fucking Champs do, it takes the idea but makes it their own. Amazing riffs on bass and guitar and head banging heavy. This has a lot in common with Karp and the Whip, a few sounds like the Melvins at their better moments. 1. Starts with whistling. Straightforward driving bass with the very distinct vocals, which show up on the whole album. Noisy noodle-ing guitar in the background and somehow this track reminds me of good solo-Ozzy tracks. **2. Starts slow with a slight stoner rock sound and another great bass riff. Menacing with a scream of “take my advice, don’t come any closer”. 3. A bit heavier and slower and a bit more math rock but with just bass and drums. **4. Faster with more straightforward drumming. Somewhat funny lyrics as well, “keep with your digging, we’re looking for fossils, hopefully someday we’ll find the missing link”. **5. Holy Crap! An amazing guitar riff/vocal trade off and head banging driving bass/drums. There is something ominous and creepy about the track that makes it wonderful. **6. Catchier and more vocal centric. “Make…mine…black….don’t go easy”. 7. Rock-n-roll but heavy and relentless. The guitar plays a simple riff in the background and there is repeated vocal line. There is somewhat of a break with what sounds like keyboards and more of the repeated line. 8. Slow and heavy to begin, goes through a couple changes but doesn’t go to far. One of the best hard rock records of 2005! -mph | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | O.G. | 5. | Easter Romantic | |||
| 2. | Focus Pocus | 6. | Technically Electrified | |||
| 3. | White Piz Azz | 7. | Eis Hexe | |||
| 4. | Stareadactyl | 8. | Off Off Broadway |