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San Francisco-based rock band Big Light first emerged circa 2007 as
a vehicle for aspiring singer/songwriter/guitarist Fred Torphy to get
his songs into the world. The band would spend the next three years
honing their sound and performing around the West Coast relentlessly.
Now hailed as one of the fiercest young rock bands on the Bay Area
scene with a growing national buzz, Big Light is poised to release its
debut full length album, Animals In Bloom, through reapandsow on March 2.


As the story goes, Torphy was inspired by his generation’s current
wave of great American rock groups like My Morning Jacket, The Slip,
Dr. Dog and Wilco. Joining forces with drummer Bradly Bifulco, they set
out to form a band that would follow in those footsteps. More than
specific stylistic similarities, they sought to find players who shared
a mindset. “We love to experiment and keep things as weird and
interesting as possible, but it all needs to come back to serve the
song,” says Torphy.


On the strength of that vision, Torphy and Bifulco were able to
recruit bass player Steve Adams, who added instant recognition and
legitimacy to the early line-up. A fixture in the Bay Area music scene
and founding member of pop/rock jam stars ALO, Adams was offered the
opportunity to flex his rock & roll muscles in Big Light. “I’m
definitely turning my amp up and using more fuzz” says Adams. “One
thing I really love about Big Light is its true garage rock sound. It’s
gritty in all the right ways.”


Proving there’s little question that timing and luck can be a factor
in success, Big Light became a beneficiary of both in 2008 when
guitarist Jeremy Korpas needed a place to crash and landed on Torphy’s
couch. A friend of a friend, Korpas didn’t join the band immediately.
However, his first official show with the band on May 13, 2009 at San
Francisco’s Make Out Room was a turning point, solidifying Big Light as
it’s known today.


With the pieces firmly in place Big Light quickly climbed the S.F.
club circuit, going from bar gigs like Bottom of the Hill to headlining
The Independent to playing support at the legendary Fillmore; they’ve
shared bills with Spoon, Broken Social Scene, The Mother Hips, Dead
Confederate, Everest and Howlin Rain to name a few. A hit on the
festival circuit as well, Big Light has already performed at Outside
Lands, Noise Pop, Wanderlust and the High Sierra Music Festival.


With its debut album, Animals In Bloom, Big Light has
crafted a record that is catchy enough to land on the radio but
adventurous enough to engage those who refuse to listen to it. A
guitar-rock album at heart, Big Light took 10 of its best songs and
used the studio to experiment, in some cases changing tracks
drastically. Headphone junkies and audiophiles themselves, the band
created a true “listening experience” that never feels fake or
dishonest. They recruited friends to expand the arrangements where
needed, including Umphrey’s McGee’s Joel Cummins on keyboards and ALO’s
Dan Lebowitz on pedal steel. The band was assisted in production of the
album by Apollo Sunshine drummer Jeremy Black.



What this band has achieved in less than one year with the current,
definitive lineup is remarkable. Some artists struggle for years and
never see this level of success. Listening to the new album and
watching the band evolve at such a rapid rate onstage, one gets the
feeling that Big Light is poised to get a lot bigger.

-- Aaron Kayce

Lineup



Fred Torphy – Lead Vocals/Guitar



Steve Adams – Bass/Vocals



Jeremy Korpas – Guitar



Bradly Bifulco – Drums



Highlights



* Formed in November 2007 in San Francisco



* Current lineup solidified with debut performance on May 13, 2009



* Full-length debut, Animals In Bloom, released March 2, 2010 on reapandsow



o Produced by Big Light & Jeremy Black (Apollo Sunshine)



* Debut EP, Big Light, released June 26, 2008



o Produced by Big Light & Jeremy Black







Touring Highlights



The Fillmore Auditorium – San Francisco



The Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA



The Roxy – West Hollywood, CA



Belly Up Tavern  – Solana Beach, CA



The Independent – San Francisco



Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco



The Mystic Theatre – Petaluma, CA



Spaceland – Los Angeles, CA



Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA



The Starry Plough – Berkeley, CA



Shared Bills/Collaborated with: The Mother Hips, Apollo Sunshine, The Slip, Marco Benevento, Joel Cummins (Umphrey’s McGee), Nathan Moore, Steve Kimock, ALO, Dan Lebowitz, Two Gallants, Everest, Howlin Rain, Dead Confederate and more



Festival Appearances



Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival (2009) – San Francisco, CA



Noise Pop Festival (2009) – San Francisco, CA



High Sierra Music Festival (2008, 2009, 2010) – Quincy, CA



Wanderlust Music Festival (2009) – Lake Tahoe, CA



Desert Rocks Music Festival (2008, 2009) – Moab, UT



Summer Meltdown (2009) – Darrington, WA



Las Tortugas Music Festival (2008, 2009) – Yosemite, CA



SXSW Music Festival (2010) -- Austin, TX



Summer Camp Music Festival (2010) -- Chilicothe, IL





Press Accolades:



* Relix “Artist On The Verge” – November, 2008



* “Big Light hums with the same dedication to craft and anything-is-possible energy as early My Morning Jacket and Dr. Dog.” - Dennis Cook, JamBase



* Big Light has also been covered by the San Francisco Chronicle, SF Examiner, Jambands.com and more.