2015 Favorite: The Big Eyes Family Players

I would like to make a motion that Broadcast should be named a genre in 2016. There are so many musicians making sounds currently that are clear disciples of the band (think 60s soundtracks, library music, psych-rock, sunshine pop, baroque choral groups, electronic music, freak-folk) that I feel like when a comparison to Broadcast is made, we all know the kind of journey our ears will be taken on. It will be interesting, beautiful, and a haunting listen.

The Big Eye Family Players are my most recent obsession along these lines. Imagine if the Cocteau Twins made the soundtrack for The Wicker Man. This is a the kind of gorgeous, dense, dream like fog this Sheffield, England group makes. Their new album Oh! was released earlier this year on Home Assembly Music and lives on my short list of 2016 albums I love so far.





Here is a little playlist I put together to better explain Broadcast as a genre.