Big Business - Here Come the Waterworks

It looks as if 2007 is going to begin with a plentiful amount of great releases, one of those included is the new record from Big Business called Here Come the Waterworks. The album is set to be released on March 6th through Hydrahead and I am here to tell you that it pretty much rocks.

Big Business is a duo made up of Jared Warren (vocals, bass) and Coady Willis (drums, vocals). Warren was also once in the amazing sludge driven juggernaut that was Karp and Willis has previously spent time in Murder City Devils. While I was a fan of the duos first record Head for the Shallow, I was left feeling a bit under whelmed by it. I felt like with all that potential that the album should have been absolutely mammoth sounding. I mean, it sounded huge and it was most definitely loud and sludgy, but it wasn’t quite there yet. All of this has been taken care of on Here Come the Waterworks. Maybe that time they spent playing, touring, and recording as part of the Melvins had something to do with it, I don’t know. Regardless of whether that’s the case or not, the album is magnificent and blows their debut out of the water. On top if it being ridiculously crushing, it sounds like a more complete and fluid effort as well. I know it sounds like I am dogging on their debut a bit, but really...their debut was excellent too. However, they've somehow managed to make that effort seem average in comparison.

Big Business – Grounds for Divorce [MP3]

Definitely pick this up when it comes out. Those out there that enjoyed Head for the Shallow should be pretty excited about this album because it surpasses it in my opinion. There are some really great tracks on it. Keep checking the Hydrahead site for its availability.

With that, I am out for the weekend. It’s supposed to be all icy and nasty here this weekend, so for those that have to get out and make their way around the KC area this weekend…be safe!