"Rockin' Straight To Your Heart"
Rising from the rich San Francisco experimental pop-rock soil, Big Light burst on the scene in 2007 and has been making serious waves since. What began as a vehicle for singer/guitarist Fred Torphy to get his songs into the world, the band achieved instant recognition and legitimacy with the early addition of ALO bass player Steve Adams, who gets to flex his rock & roll muscles in Big Light. "I'm definitely turning my amp up and using more fuzz" he says. "One thing I really love about Big Light is its true garage rock sound. It's gritty in all the right ways". Rounding out the band is co-founder/drummer Bradly Bifulco and guitarist Jeremy Korpas. Inspired by contemporary bands like My Morning Jacket, The Slip, Dr. Dog and Wilco, more than specific stylistic similarities, it's a mindset that Big Light shares with these acts. "We're always looking to keep things as sonically interesting as possible" says bandleader Torphy. "But it all needs to come back to serve the song." In other words, Big Light is catchy enough to land on the radio but adventurous enough to engage those who refuse to listen to it. And when it comes to the live show, anything goes; so don't be surprised to see kids singing-along one moment and freaking out to a ten-minute jam the next. Big Light return to High Sierra with a new album and lots of momentum. Some artists struggle for years and never see this level of success, acceptance or buzz. Watching the band evolve at such a rapid rate onstage, one gets the feeling that Big Light is poised to get a lot bigger.