Release
date: July 08th 2016. Label: Gold Metal Records/Joyful Noise. Format:
CD/DD/Vinyl
Command
Your Weather – Tracklisting
1.Last
Legs
2.Regulars
04:27
3.Father's
Day 03:52
4.Blacker
Holes
5.Popular
Demand
6.Own
Throats
7.Send
Help
8.Diagnostic
Front
9.Horses
Band
Members:
Jared
Warren
Coady
Willis
Review:
Big
Business storm back with their formidable new album Command Your
Weather and what a return it is, the nine tracks on here are
testament to the fact that the band are one of the most vibrant as
well as heavy bands around and a new Big Business album is an event
that always to be savoured.
Since
the bands inception their main goal is to be as loud and heavy as
they possibly could be and with this album they have certainly
achieved that in an impressive fashion but there is the right amount
of catchiness too, this is definitely a collection of memorable as
well as heavy songs.
As
soon as first track Last Legs announces the return of Big Business,
you know you are in for a treat and the sledgehammer like sheet of
riffs and power that greets you on the following track, the stunning
Regulars is even better and Command Your Weather sustains this
quality throughout its duration with songs such as the pile-driving
Fathers Day and the caustic Own Throats showcasing what makes Big
Business such an exciting musical force and the other tracks on the
album such as Diagnostic Front and Send Help are just as vital.
The
vocals of Jared Warren sound even more commanding than on the bands
last album Battlefields Forever and are a powerful force throughout
with his roar enough to wake the dead and the rhythmic ensemble of
Warren on bass colliding with drumming ally Coady Willis steam-rolls
with heaviness on every song on the album.
In
addition to the crushing heaviness that prevails through the album,
there is that defiant sense of melody and aforementioned catchiness
in each song that elevates the feel of each of them and on tracks
such as Popular Demand and the closing Horses, there is more of an
epic feel to them with the latter in particular a stirring anthem and
the perfect way to finish things off.
The
album powers through with an inspiring array of energy and definitely
cries out for repeated listens.
Big
Business have always done things in their own terms and this album is
a continuing aspect of that fact and as long as they are making
albums as good as Command Your Weather then they will continue to do
so. A brilliant addition to an already impressive back catalogue of
work.
Words
by Gavin Brown
Thanks
to Jack at Rarely Unable PR for the promo. Command Your Weather will
be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Gold Metal Records/Joyful
Noise from July 8th 2016.
Links:
