Introducing: The Big Pink

Name: The Big Pink
From: London, England
Story: Two guys, many unfortunate girls
Sound: Industrio-shoegazin'

The Big Pink's single "Dominos" seems destined for novelty-single status; merely a beer commercial away from delivering its annoying anthem of rampant, unrepentant womanizing to the ears of a million listeners. Of course, even if it doesn't crack commercial-radio airplay, the London duo have a weird kind of credibility on their side: arriving really early to the early-'90s revival party.

Musically, the pair —producer-type Milo Cordell, frontman-type Robbie Furze— are in thrall to a sound circa '91-'93, besotted with the shoegazer glories of My Bloody Valentine and the wall-of-noise ape-rock of Swervedriver; the big hooks of early Nine Inch Nails and the desperate commercialism of Stabbing Westward.

if they'd arrived wielding this sound in, say, '94, they would've been embarrassing come-latelies, but coming nearly 15 years later, and The Big Pink are at the leading edge of the revivalist curve. Their debut LP, A Brief History of Love, is due out September 22 on 4AD, and the band are already booked in for two solid months of touring whose venues seem to be anticipating an imminent blow-up.

• Full Review: The Big Pink, A Brief History of Love
• Listen: The Big Pink, "Dominos"
• Listen: The Big Pink, "Velvet"

These Shows Fall Like Dominos:
October 8: Southsea, England - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
October 9: Brighton, England - Brighton Digital
October 10: Oxford, England - Academy Oxford
October 14: Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow King Tuts
October 17: York, England - The Duchess
October 18: Leeds, England - Leeds Cockpit
October 20: Liverpool, England - O2 Academy Liverpool
October 21: Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
October 22: London, England - Electric Ballroom
October 28: Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
October 29: Hamburg, Germany - Knust
October 30: Berlin, Germany - Lido
October 31: Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
November 3: Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
November 5: Lille, France - Aeroneuf
November 6: Paris, France - La Cigalle
November 7: Nantes, France - Olympic
November 8: Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
November 13: Seattle, WA - Neumos
November 14: Portland, OR - Doug Fir
November 15: Vancouver, British Columbia - Venue
November 17: San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
November 18: Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
November 20: Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
November 21: San Diego, CA - Casbah
November 23: Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
November 25: Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry
November 27: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
November 28: Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
November 29: Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
November 30: Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
December 1: Boston, MA - Paradise
December 3: New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
December 4: Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
December 5: Washington, DC - Black Cat
December 6: Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas

Photo © Tim Saccenti