Interview with Big Mother Gig
We had the pleasure of interviewing Big Mother Gig over Zoom video!\xa0
Milwaukee-bred/LA-based indie rock band\xa0Big\xa0Mother\xa0Gig\xa0are pleased to present the brand new music video for \u201cThat Day,\u201d the latest single to be lifted from the band\u2019s recently released full-length album,\xa0Gusto\xa0(order). For this particular song, home videos and photographs taken from three generations of frontman\xa0Richard Jankovich\u2019s family seemed to be only way to tell this story about a specific life event, trauma and how it can be passed down over several generations.
\u201cThe song details real childhood events that deeply affected my Dad and which I believe impacted me,\u201d\xa0he says.\xa0\u201cIt makes me wonder: \u2018will those events also, in turn, maybe in a watered down way, also affect my daughter?\u2019 There have been studies that show that trauma gets encoded in DNA and can be passed down. That idea fascinates and terrifies me. The video ends with my daughter and my Dad who have their own bond. Not a dry eye in the house...\u201d\xa0Watch the music video for \u201cThat Day\u201d via\xa0Glide\xa0Magazine\xa0HERE\xa0and on YouTube\xa0HERE.
A celebration of sobriety,\xa0Gusto\xa0is first and foremost a recovery record.\xa0\u201cI celebrated my first year of sobriety alone over a stormy Spring weekend in a desert cabin with some recording gear,\u201d\xa0Jankovich recalls.\xa0\u201cThe album just flowed out of me\u201313 songs over three days. I wrote from morning until night and it was cathartic.\u201d\xa0Addressing family, marriage, addiction, anger, serotonin, despair and, ultimately, hope,\xa0Gusto\xa0is a wide-ranging, emotional journey that focuses on second chances. Stream the album in full on Spotify\xa0HERE.
Previous\xa0Gusto\xa0singles\xa0\u201cThe Underdog feat Leah Wellbaum (Slothrust)\u201d\xa0and\xa0\u201cThe Doctor Will See You Now\u201d\xa0were premiered by\xa0Stereogum\xa0and\xa0American\xa0Songwriter,\xa0respectively, and have received support at commercial and non-commercial radio including SiriusXM\xa0and\xa0NPR\xa0stations.\xa0Gusto\u2019s\xa0singles have received\xa0editorial/official\xa0playlisting from\xa0Spotify,\xa0Apple\xa0and\xa0Amazon\xa0(as well as\xa0NPR\xa0\u201cNew Music Friday\u201d) and have already amassed\xa0250K\xa0views/streams. The band just signed with Madison House booking (Stone Foxes, String Cheese Incident, SSION, The Beths), and expect to announce tour dates soon.\xa0
Written by music vet Richard Jankovich and performed by\xa0Michael Datz,\xa0Albert Kurniawan,\xa0Micah Lopez\xa0as well as Jankovich,\xa0Gusto, the forthcoming album from LA\u2019s\xa0Big\xa0Mother\xa0Gig, was originally going to be titled\xa0For Those About To Rock Bottom, a sarcastic reference to a rock band learning to sober up. Continuing with this creative thread,\xa0Big\xa0Mother\xa0Gig\xa0recorded the album that would go on to be mixed by\xa0Dan Long\xa0(Local Natives, Spiral Stairs) and mastered by the legendary Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Spoon, The White Stripes).
While the focus is on\xa0Gusto, the Milwaukee-bred/LA-based band\u2019s legacy has come into view with two of its Nineties songs trending. \u201cBeckers Note\u201d is featured in hundreds of\xa0TikTok\xa0videos with over\xa04M\xa0views, while \u201cThis Picture\u201d is featured in the critically acclaimed movie\xa0Pink Skies Ahead\xa0(Jessica Barden, Marcia Gay Harden, dir. Kelly Oxford),\xa0which premiered on\xa0MTV\xa0on May 8\xa0alongside songs by Dinosaur Jr, Smashing Pumpkins and more.
Previously, the band released their 2018 LP,\xa0No More Questions, while wrapping a West Coast tour opening for Gin Blossoms. The LP featured Dicky Barrett (Mighty Mighty Bosstones) and Britta Phillips (Luna) on vocals. It was praised by\xa0Brooklyn Vegan, NPR/The Current, Paste, The\xa0Big\xa0Takeover, Alternative Press, Under The Radar, No Depression\xa0and more. The band also hosted a six-episode web-series and their music video for \u201cObliterate\u201d starred\xa0Sons Of Anarchy/Mayans\xa0actor Michael Ornstein. Since reforming in 2016,\xa0Big\xa0Mother\xa0Gig\xa0has performed with Gin Blossoms, Soccer Mommy, The Posies, Luna, Peelander-Z, Alvarez Kings, The Yawpers and more.
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