Big Business Announce New Album, Debut First Single
Big Business, the Los Angeles-based duo of Jared Warren (bass/vocals) and Coady Willis (drums/vocals), release The Beast You Are, their fifth album, and first new music in nearly three years, on April 12 via Joyful Noise Recordings.
Listeners can get their first taste of the new offering with “Let Them Grind,” which is streaming below, courtesy of Consequence of Sound. Warren describes the track as “the perfect song for any situation in which a soundtrack for suppressing blood-boiling, ear-ringing anger is needed.”
The Beast You Are features the return of Big Business to its core two-piece incarnation. “It’s just better. We work faster, and we know what we’re both going for. It gives us more room to be weirder in certain aspects and try different things. It makes sense because that’s how we established ourselves in the beginning and how we learned to write songs together, it was just the two of us. Coming back to that lineup felt natural,” explains Willis.
The band has also announced the first round of headlining tour dates in support of The Beast You Are, kicking off on April 11 at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, Calif. Dates are below.
Big Business headlining tour dates:
April 11 Long Beach, CA Alex’s Bar
April 12 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
April 13 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
April 16 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
April 17 Vancouver, BC Wise Hall
April 18 Bellingham, WA The Shakedown
April 19 Tacoma, WA Alma Mater
April 20 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
April 24 Denver, CO Hi Dive
April 26 Kansas City, MO Riot Room
April 27 Norman, OK Norman Music Festival
Complete list of upcoming Big Business tour dates:
February 2 Montreal, QC Taverne Tour
February 14 El Paso, TX Monarch
February 18 Birmingham, AL Firehouse
February 19 Columbia, SC The Senate *
February 21 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works *
February 22 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic Lounge *
February 23 Austin, TX Stubbs BBQ *
February 24 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre *
February 26 Springfield, MO Gillioz Theater *
February 27 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s *
March 1 Billings, MT Pub Station *
March 2 Missoula, MT Wilma Theater *
March 3 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall *
March 4 Edmonton, AB The Ranch *
March 6 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theater *
March 8 Wichita, KA The Cotillion Ballroom *
March 9 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom *
March 10 Lincoln, NE Bourbon Theater *
March 12 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
March 13 Chicago, IL Concord Music Hall *
March 14 Green Bay, WI The Distillery *
March 15 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room *
March 16 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
March 18 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom *
March 19 New York, NY Irving Plaza *
March 21 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater
March 22 Memphis, TN The Hi Tone
March 23 Dallas, TX Regal Room
April 11 Long Beach, CA Alex’s Bar
April 12 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
April 13 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop
April 16 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
April 17 Vancouver, BC Wise Hall
April 18 Bellingham, WA The Shakedown
April 19 Tacoma, WA Alma Mater
April 20 Seattle, WA Sunset Tavern
April 24 Denver, CO Hi Dive
April 26 Kansas City, MO Riot Room
April 27 Norman, OK Norman Music Festival
*- w/Clutch
