THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Waking an eccentric, poetic line in minimal rock, London bass-and-drums duo Most Things present their debut Bigtime. Marrying the observational wit of Richard Dawson with a sound midway between Minutemen and Television Personalities, the album’s 10 songs explore family relationships, mental health and life in the city.
The project of U.K. bassist/vocalist Tom Phillips and New York drummer Malachy O’Neill, the pair met as students in London after being introduced by Phillips’ then housemate Sabrina Fuentes — the singer in acclaimed punk band Pretty Sick.
Bigtime is a London album. Chronicling Phillips’ experiences growing up in the city, as the only child to his single mother, it illustrates its shops, pubs and bustle with humour and warmth, but also considers its troubles: From violence to threadbare public services.”
