Big Leaves, Pocket Venus, Mwsog @ Theatr Clwyd, Mold


Big Leaves hit their plateau far too early in their career, coming alongside the Super Furries & Gorkys you thought they had it made, much better looking than their mirror cracking counterparts & much more radio friendly songs. For some obscure reason the avant garde SFA went all the way & Big Leaves stayed put. By almost having to start again there is that added hunger about the band that hasn’t been present for a while, they have something to prove & they intend to prove it. Continue reading

Big Leaves release Racing Bird

The band’s 6th single (their 2nd for Adam Walton’s Whipcord label)
Single of the week on Mark & Lard’s BBC Radio One show

Big Leaves release debut album

Released on Crai Records (CRAI067)

(NME review) ‘Pwy Sy’n Galw?’ luxuriates in the zeitgeist-heated olympic-sized swimming pool of New Welsh Kool; supporting Catatonia’s stadium dates and Super Furry Animals’ millennium bash brought Waunfawr-born four-piece Big Leaves widespread attention, after a slew of acclaimed low-key EPs and singles. Not that the band are coasting on cool-by-association; Big Leaves’ debut LP drips with a flavour of pop magic peculiarly their own…
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