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Me and You (LP | 2022)

by Big Scary

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    First Pressing, Gum-Leaf Green Marble Vinyl
    1LP
    Gatefold jacket with printed lyrics
    Paper inner sleeve

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  • Me and You 12" Vinyl (LP | 2022) "First Pressing, Gum-Leaf Green Marble Vinyl"
    Daisy 12" Vinyl (LP | 2021) "First Pressing, Coral Pink Marble Vinyl"
    Animal 12" Vinyl (LP | 2016) "First Pressing, White Vinyl"
    Not Art 12" Vinyl (LP | 2013) "Third Pressing, 10th Anniversary Transparent Orange Vinyl"
    Vacation 12" Vinyl (LP | 2011) "Classic Black Vinyl"
    The Big Scary Four Seasons 12" Vinyl (EPs | 2010) "Classic Black Vinyl"

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  • Me and You (LP | 2022)
    Daisy (LP | 2021)
    Animal (LP | 2016)
    Not Art (LP | 2013)
    Vacation (LP | 2011)
    The Big Scary Four Seasons (EPs | 2010)

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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 10 Big Scary releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Wing (LP | 2024), Me and You (LP | 2022), Daisy (LP | 2021), Animal (LP | 2016), Not Art (LP | 2013), Vacation (LP | 2011), The Big Scary Four Seasons (EPs | 2010), At the Mercy of the Elements (EP | 2010), and 2 more. , and , .

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1.
F.A. 04:36
I’m melting away As you rush through your morning Forget our sweet nothings Alone in your kitchen Denying me Is your daily ritual Coffee and crumbs And a coating of lipstick I was right there in your arms From birth into love without binds The chemicals fire into life To wake at all Is to wake in fright Ooh Eight in the morning Your buzzer demands Wrenching you from me As man squashes ants Leaving me here with your imaginations The eternal tension Is all ‘round me bubbling I wait Suspended in time in your brain F. A. Fuck all to do while you wake Baby, baby I’m not a dream I am a realer Reality Baby, baby I’m not a dream I am a realer Reality I was right there in your arms From birth into love without binds The chemicals fire into life To wake at all Is to wake in fright Ooh I wait Suspended in time in your brain F. A. Sweet fuck all to do while you wake
2.
Firefly 04:40
Put it in a letter Roll it in a tally ho Leave it in the kitchen sink You are not the only one Though it never feels that way Humming to that song you hear I think that I can hear it too Instruct myself And I’m on, and I’m on... Caught up in a motion Swimming through a swirling now You put it in a bottle An ocean on a dusty shelf If you survive Then we’re on, then we’re on, and I’m wrong, then we’re on... And I’m feeling all tied up All I want is a cut But you're bleeding, now I see That enough is enough And I’m on, and I’m on... Call out to the sages You’re putting out the feelers now It’s 11:11 And silence strikes the dreadful hour The heavens see that I’m on but I’m faded, I’m on but I’m faded... And I’m feeling all tied up All I want is a cut But you're bleeding, now I see That enough is enough And I’m on, and I’m on... Like a firefly to the moon Like a firefly to the moon Like a firefly to the moon Like a firefly to the moon Like a firefly to the moon Like a firefly to the moon It’s a strange reunion When two and two equal one Held up by a matador No prize for the winning But maybe I will take a run Followed by a stinging Then I hear the crowd roar Standing at the door And I’m on, and I’m on, and I’m on And I’m feeling all tied up All I want is a cut But you're bleeding, now I see That enough is enough And I’m feeling all tied up All I want is a cut And I’m on, and I’m on, and we’re on...
3.
Asking Right 03:56
It’s okay It’s okay And you know you can’t stop it And you caught yourself in the way And you’re falling now And it’s all around With a hand you keep checking That you’re breathing on the way back down And you’re falling now Birds don’t make a sound They just sing their silence It’s your anthem As you fall to the ground Save your fight for another tune This doesn’t sit well on you And if your heart’s still strumming then Sing me something new It’s a state It’s a state The window’s all foggy Catching headlights every breath that you take Save your fight for another tune This doesn’t sit well on you And if your heart’s still strumming then Sing me something new Never gonna see an answer You’re never gonna see an answer Never gonna see an answer If you're not asking right Asking right Save your fight for another tune This doesn’t sit well on you And if your heart’s still strumming then Sing me something new Never gonna see an answer You’re never gonna see an answer You’re never gonna see an answer You’re never gonna see an answer (Losing hope) (Heavy heart) You’re never gonna see an answer (Hope the answer) (Comes to light) You’re never gonna see an answer (You’ll never) (Know if you’re not asking right) (Asking right)
4.
You built another tower in the sky It’s built so tall it sways You don’t know why You fill it with your people and their things But it can never seem to get you high You dig another hole into the ground Bury yourself as you burrow down People patter on the streets above But nothing ever seems to turn your frown But you’d break it all to pieces for love And nobody would believe what you’ve done You’re filling all your forms every day ‘Cos everything it lands some other way And everybody’s trying to get some You don’t know where to look or where to run But you’d break it all to pieces for fun And nobody would believe what you’ve done You’re drifting like a boat now through the sands Semi-circles forming up above Your peace and goodwill carried by a dove But no one's ever seen where it lands And you’re breaking now that push has come to shove ‘Cos all of it has never been enough So you’re breaking it to pieces for love Nobody can believe what you’ve done
5.
Lonely Age 03:18
Money is the key to the world But you ain’t got any locks No doors to open and enjoy your wealth Friday night to feel alive Move so fast the holes are plugged With any luck you’ll sleep the weekend off Little things tick in your mind Looking forward to reward Your phone, your hair, your lunch and what to watch You can’t find it in your heart Maybe check the classifieds Just something to ignite your arse’s fire With all that’s good With all that’s here It’s also not in reach You’re tethered to a chair Feel so cut out A lost and little lonely age Our lost and little lonely age A lost and little lonely day Money is the key to the world But you ain’t got any locks No doors to open and enjoy your wealth Friday night to feel alive Move so fast the holes are plugged With any luck you’ll sleep the weekend off With all that’s good With all that’s here It’s also not in reach You’re tethered to a chair Feel so cut out A lost and little lonely age Our lost and little lonely age A lost and little lonely day
6.
In My View 02:50
Let’s unpack your veracity Tasting your violence Combing your silence Chase it out the window Let’s retail your capacities Hold them to the light And see if they take flight Detail it in my notebook You’re finished now You’re done for good Must be hard for you Living in my view Let’s re-brand your voracity Wetten your dryness Sweeten your sour Striving for a highness Who are you fooling now Who are you fooling now Heavy your slightness Darken your brightness Striving for a highness You’re finished now You’re done for good Must be hard for you Living in my view Let’s unpack your veracity Tasting your violence Combing your silence Chase it out the window
7.
Meet you at the hotel I’ll come by at your bell We go for a walk Pointing out the big stars Pretty in the spring park Nothing like back home I’m living on a fault line, a fault line Waiting to explode You handed me a new time A scene I never inquired Now I’m after more Oh Keeping on the front line Going in to break hearts By now you’re a pro I was such a small cheese Didn’t have to say please How easy I believed Left standing with my dick in my hand I’m let down Now I’m just alone Oh Meet you at the hotel I’ll come by at your bell We go for a walk Pointing out the big stars Pretty in the spring park Nothing like back home
8.
Devotion 04:09
This ain’t out of a four letter feeling This is out of devotion This ain’t out of a four letter reeling This is out of emotion Hold me to my letter spacing Fingers tapping heart keeps racing Blushing at the thought of you Wondering what your body looks like Skipping on our lovely rope You hold your end, I hold mine Hoping that our line does tangle Grace for impact, precious mangle Dripping with a sweet aroma Dazing with a heady touch Bring me in, bring me closer Give me ‘til I have too much Trace your fingers on my face And spell out words, I have to guess them Playing like children play, but not playing like children play This ain’t out of a four letter feeling This is out of devotion This ain’t out of a four letter reeling This is out of emotion Pacing ‘cos I’ve had enough now Wound me in ways I don’t know how Pushing buttons ‘til they’re red Falling out of the bed Signal like a traffic light Smoulder like a campfire Acid eating at my insides Brain producing sightless insights Bound up by our tired line Once so light, once so fine You held your end, I held mine You held your end, I held mine This ain’t out of a four letter feeling This is out of devotion This ain’t out of a four letter reeling This is out of emotion Bridging an entire ocean Pushing stilts into the mud I was the strength, you were the motion Continually we broke each other Kept together by our thread Running through our hearts and head In and out of our bed It’s so mad, it’s so crazy But in the background something grew Rising like a gentle cloud, who knew Misting over jagged edges Making sunsets all pink Vapour or maybe pollution Giving all a rosy hue You held me and I held you You held me and I held you This ain’t out of a four letter reeling This is out of emotion This ain’t out of a four letter feeling This is out of devotion
9.
Real Love 04:28
I don’t know where or when I’m here But you’ve outgrown the home Love, love’s a doing word Oh no No wonder you feel done Moving ever slow Down here, the distance isn’t clear Let’s put it to a vote My dear, I want you to stay This is, this is real love This is just like real love This is, this is real love This could feel like real love Just the edges show We’re known: formally a pair From an empty stare It’s grown, it’s grown, it’s grown This is, this is real love This is just like real love This is, this is real love This could feel like real love This is, this is real love This is just like real love This is, this is real love This could feel like real love And my fingers, well they know it And our faces, well they show it Has time taught us nothing Would you stake your life on it This is, this is real love This is just like real love This is, this is real love This could feel like real love
10.
You won’t always be there You won’t always be there But I will want that But I will want that You won’t always feel sad You won’t always feel small But I’ll protect you Any time you feel That You won’t always make time To carve out, oh my star You may run back to ask questions About love And how About you Felt then About if Given About all Ever

about

After returning to the band following a years-long hiatus, what remained of Big Scary was simply ourselves - Tom and Jo - our connection, and our desire to express ourselves through music, just as it was in the very beginning of the partnership. This became the foundation for a great creative outpouring that brought forth 'Daisy' (2021) and now 'Me and You', named to reflect this simple realisation and rebirth of the band.

For 'Daisy' we had our party costumes on, and happily indulged in the kook and the drama that is sometimes in our writing.
The works on 'Me and You', written at the same time, are a more natural version of ‘Tom and Jo’. The colours are less hyper, less bombastic, but the songs retain the same spirit of collaboration and play.

We want the album to sound timeless, but with an air of yesteryear. It’s a record of light and shade; of innocence and spoiled beauty. We sing about romantic, protective, possessive and disappointing love; of self destructive holding patterns and outbursts; and reflect on the integrity of casting judgements

The artwork was chosen from scrolling instagram, and it spoke to us - within the context of all the writing we were doing, we knew there would be more than one album to come out of the sessions. 'Daisy' was the first, one arm of the output. 'Me and You' is the body and soul of it. You can perhaps guess that there is another limb in the wings for one day…
Honestly portrayed relationships, drama, and symbolism have been recurring lyrical or visual references across these works. When we saw “Freeway Casino Lovers” (a painting by Jeff Bohm), it was like all our secret clues had come together - we had toyed with 'Mirror' as an album title; candles were included in our 'Daisy' collage; a gunshot was briefly played with on the opening of a track; and then there’s this elderly couple - a true partnership who’ve lasted, reflected in the type of romance we were looking at in the songs, and (in a non-romantic way) the partnership of Big Scary. The textures of the painted image also feel right for the sonic palette of 'Me and You'.

dear Tom, dear Jo, dear reader
this is us
this is me and you

credits

released September 23, 2022

All songs written and performed by Big Scary
Live strings performed by Emma Kelly on “F.A.”, “Lonely Age”, “Goodbye Earle Street”, and “Real Love”, with additional arranging on “You Won’t Always”
Horns performed by Connor McIndoe, Madison Foley and Gus Rigby on “Lonely Age” and “Real Love”
Flute performed by Gus Rigby on “Lonely Age”
Recorded and produced by Big Scary at BellBird, Collingwood
Mixed by Matt Redlich
Mastered by Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound, NYC
Album art by Jeff Bohm, titled “Freeway Casino Lovers”
Artwork compiled by George Gillies

In loving memory of Rod Fraser and Justin Cosby

All songs and artwork (p) and © our label Pieater 2022
Manufactured and distributed by Inertia Pty Ltd in Australia & New Zealand

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