BIG SPECIAL share video for new single
‘BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE‘ starring Games of Thrones and Star Wars actor Kate Dickie
Debut album POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES out 10th May via SO Recordings
UK tour dates on sale now
BIG SPECIAL are today sharing a powerful new video for their latest single ‘BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE‘, which stars Games of Thrones and Star Wars actor Kate Dickie. The rousing new single now gets the visuals to match it, and is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming debut album POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES, out 10th May via SO Recordings.
Speaking about starring in the video, Kate Dickie says: “Big Special’s beauty and brilliance shines out in their lyrics, music and visuals, ohh I just love them. What an honour and an absolute joy to work with them on ‘BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE’, it’s a memory I’ll hold very close to my heart.I don’t say this hardly ever, but I feel good about it. We made it with such passion and commitment and fun and that is just the most special thing of all.”‘BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE’ showcases BIG SPECIAL at their most brooding and contemplative, walking a tightrope of deliberation as lead singer Joe Hicklin brings his stirring vocals to a song that charts the path from fear to salvation. Of the new song he says:“BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE is about fear, about rumination, intrusive thoughts and cycles of depression. It’s about trying to figure out how to reach out when feelings of guilt and shame take hold. It’s about recognising these things in others, noticing the lost and undervalued, and their increasing numbers.It comes from a thing I wrote years ago, about a burning snake traveling in the hot sun and a small wren flying high above it to block the heat and give it shade, taking the burden of the sun, because the little bird loves the snake and won’t see it defeated, for whatever reason.”Pre-order debut album POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES here.Hear ‘BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE’ on streaming services here
BIG SPECIAL 2024 TOUR DATES
Tickets on sale now here.
03 Apr – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK (DIY Now & Next tour)
04 Apr – Bullingdon, Oxford, UK (DIY Now & Next tour)
05 Apr – Yellow Arch Studio, Sheffield, UK (DIY Now & Next tour) – SOLD OUT
06 Apr – Green Door Store, Brighton, UK (DIY Now & Next tour) – SOLD OUT
07 Apr – Joiners, Southampton, UK (DIY Now & Next tour)
12 Apr – New Century Hall, Manchester, UK (supp. Antony Szmierek)
13 Apr – Lafayette, London, UK (supp. Antony Szmierek)
07 May – District, Liverpool, UK
08 May – The Key Club, Leeds, UK
09 May – XOYO, Birmingham, UK
10 May – King Tuts, Glasgow, UK
12 May – Strange Brew, Bristol, UK
16 May – Jazz Café, London, UK – SOLD OUT
17 May – Horatio’s, Brighton, UK (The Great Escape 2024)
18 May – Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
20 May – Kasbah Club, Limerick, Ireland
21 May – Workman’s Cellar, Dublin, Ireland
22 May – Ulster Sports Bar, Belfast, Norther Ireland
24 May – Netherlands, Den Haag, Zwarte Ruiter (Sniester Festival)
26 May – Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire, UK
27 May – Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
28 May – Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands
30 May – Block Party Festival, Paris, France
31 May – Vestrock, Hulst, Netherlands
01 Jun – Dauwpop Festival, Hellendoorn, Netherlands
26 Jul – Low Festival, Benidorm, Spain
28 Jul – Latitude Festival, Suffolk, UK
15 – 18 Aug – Green Man Festival, Bannau Brycheiniog, UK
23 Aug – Reading Festival, Reading, UK
24 Aug – Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
29 Aug – 01 Sep – End Of The Road Festival, Dorset, UK
30 Nov – O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, UK
