Name: Big Wows
Brand: Stealing Sheep

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

HVNLP163C

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Colour

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-04-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Orchard

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5051083138369

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Stealing Sheep

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

PIAS

Big Wows is heavier, harder and weirder than Stealing Sheep’s previous work. Bold neon pop songs with rave percussion, steelpans, dreamy segues and breathy experiments.

Just as the title suggests, Big Wows is both cynical and optimistic: dreaminess and pop dance rhythms are cut With eye rolling vocal styles inflected by heartfelt lyrical messages “We hit upon this conversational-style between the vocals and have alternating lead melodies. There's a sarcastic tone to some of the music but there is always a strong wilfulness to incorporate honest integrity, which is hard to do but refreshing when it finally comes out.”

Side one opens with a burst of shimmery synths as Show Love and Back in Time lead you heart first into the headier feels of Jokin' Me and upbeat bounce of Why Haven't I? following into the more progressive grooves for Girl then fading out with the narcoleptic comforts of Just Dreaming. Side two digs deeper into a dreamworld, with the manias and hallucinations of Breathe and True Colours as well as the gorgeous disillusionment of the title track and ending with an unexpected tropical club banger ‘Choose Like You’.

The songs began at home or in their studio at Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory, laying down the main body of the tracks, then the band worked with various producers – including Marta Salogni (Bjork, MIA, Factory Floor), Andy Smith (Years and Years), Ash Workman (Christine &amp; The Queens, Metronomy) and Joe Wills (video artist for Little Dragon) – as they’ve tried out different mixes and ideas to convey their messages. 

Big Wows

Music US