Big Fresh, a ten-member art/pop collective, has expanded like the universe since 2009’s ambitious ​ home-recorded B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever); they’ve been joined by new singers and ​ ​ multi-instrumentalists Faith Diamond (Satellite Giant) and Kimberly Smith (Bear Medicine, Frigid ​ ​ ​ Kitty). ​ With John Ferguson and Ben Phelan having joined world-touring indie band The Apples in ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ stereo (and Ferguson contributing substantially on their most recent record), Big Fresh shows have ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ been sighted, but are farther between—yet in the studio, madly writing and producing, the band has evolved like a star cluster.

The result is a stellar LP lying in a galactic sector between Tusk and R. Stevie Moore. Adding horns and ​ ​ ​ ​ the lush voices of Diamond and Smith into their elaborate arrangements, brings out the Fleetwood ​ ​ ​ Mac influence on Big Fresh, and the R. Stevie Moore element is no accident: Vocalist/songwriter John ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Ferguson spent his childhood having the hyper-creative lo-fi pioneer as a sort of uncle, appearing ​ on Moore’s recordings and immersed in his process. Moore contributed guitar parts to the album. ​ ​ ​ ​ Big Fresh’s newest EP, Fall Preview, is self-produced by the Kentucky avant-garde pop collective and ​ ​ engineered by electro-wizard Craig Morris in his hand-built Garden Gate Studio (The Apples in ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ stereo, Thee American Revolution, Deathray Davies, Neutral Milk Hotel, Laminated Cat), the new ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ album explodes with inventive catchiness and production details.

More about Big Fresh and Fall Preview: ​ ​ ● Shining indie-pop hits somewhere between The Cars, Fleetwood Mac and Elephant 6. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Big Fresh is a ten-member pop collective including horns and three keyboard players. ​ ● Lo-fi recording pioneer R. Stevie Moore has served as an uncle and mentor to Big ​ ​ ​ Fresh singer/multi-instrumentalist John Ferguson from childhood to the present. Ferguson has ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ appeared on Moore’s recordings and radio shows since he was a toddler. ​ ​ ● R. Stevie Moore plays guitar on “Here Is The Deal” from their last release, Moneychasers. ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Singer John Ferguson has played keyboards in The Apples in stereo since 2006, and made ​ ​ ​ ​ songwriting contributions to the recent album Travellers in Space and Time by the ​ ​ influential Elephant 6 band. In addition, guitarist Ben Phelan is a touring synthesizer, guitar ​ ​ ​ ​ and trumpet player with The Apples. ​ ​ ● Keyboard player Ben Fulton played synthesizer and bass in ultra-lo-fi band Ulysses, along ​ ​ ​ ​ with Ferguson and Apples in stereo singer Robert Schneider. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Desperate Spirits is an underground label specializing in weirdo pop, psychedelic and ​ experimental records, operated by John Ferguson, Trevor Tremaine, Kimberly Smith, and ​ Rob Theakston ● Fall Preview EP was engineered and mixed by Craig Morris in his modified garage Garden ​ ​ ​ ​ Gate Studio, where most of the audio gear is hand-built by Morris himself (selected engineering ​ ​ ​ and mixing credits: Thee American Revolution, The Apples in stereo, Neutral Milk ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Hotel, Ideal Free Distribution, The Deathray Davies, Laminated Cat). ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​