When J.K. Royston (guitar/vocals) and Dan Mineart (bass/vocals) heard Topher Talley sing at a local show, a deal was struck to start a band together. With Mikey Davis behind the drum kit they rounded out the line-up and started writing songs under the moniker The Bigger Lights. Barely a year later they signed with Doghouse and released this 6-song EP digitally. Now there’s the physical version of that EP and it comes with a lot of extra content such as videos, photos and bonus acoustic/remix versions of all the album tracks.
If you like poppunk with arena rock aspirations, The Bigger Lights are just the band you’re looking for. Think early Plain White T’s and Sugarcult. These guys have no problem keeping the energy level up high throughout all six songs and just when you start to think that Talley’s vocals are a tad bit too whiny, in comes the rest of the band with excellent backing vocals.
I wouldn’t be surprised if these guys will be the next big thing for 16-year-old girls to go nuts over!
Score: 7 out of 10
http://www.doghouserecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/thebiggerlights
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