For Immediate Release
April 26, 2022
BIG GIGANTIC UNVEIL NEW ALBUM, BRIGHTER FUTURE 2,
AND SUMMER TOUR
GENRE-BENDING DUO’S EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM
FEATURES SPECIAL GUESTS, INCLUDING:
ALOE BLACC, VIC MENSA, GRiZ, KOTA THE FRIEND, AND MORE
“KEEP ON RISING (FEAT. ALOE BLACC)” VIDEO OUT NOW - WATCH
SUMMER TOUR TICKETS GO ON SALE APRIL 29
BRIGHTER FUTURE 2 ARRIVES FRIDAY, JUNE 10
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Genre-bending Boulder, CO-based duo Big Gigantic have announced the upcoming release of their long-anticipated eighth studio album, Brighter Future 2, featuring many special guests, including Aloe Blacc, Vic Mensa, GRiZ, Kota the Friend, and many more. The album arrives everywhere on Friday, June 10. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now. A limited-edition vinyl is available for pre-order at the official Big Gigantic webstore.
Brighter Future 2 is heralded by today’s premiere of a stirring new single that sees Big Gigantic reuniting with GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer/songwriter, rapper Aloe Blacc for the first time in more than a decade. The high-flying new banger, “Keep On Rising (Feat. Aloe Blacc),” is available now at all DSPs and streaming services.
WATCH TO “KEEP ON RISING (FEAT. ALOE BLACC)”
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“Our ‘I Need A Dollar’ remix really kicked off our career,” says Big Gigantic’s Dominic Lalli, “so it was great to reconnect with Aloe Blacc on our new song, ‘Keep On Rising.’ Aloe’s lyrical storytelling and energy are such a perfect match for the Big Gigantic sound. It's an anthem for positivity, rising above, believing in yourself, and never giving up on your dreams, which we think is needed in the world now, more than ever.”
“I love making songs that can inspire and uplift people,” says Aloe Blacc. “Working on ‘Keep On Rising’ with Big Gigantic was a great opportunity to bring another motivational anthem to the world.”
Brighter Future 2 has already been preceded by a pair of mesmerizing new singles, including “Deja Vu (Feat. KOTA The Friend)” and Big Gigantic’s most recent collaboration with shapeshifting maestro GRiZ, “Open Your Mind,” both available now for streaming and download. Official music videos are streaming now at YouTube.
“Open Your Mind” marks the latest chapter in Big Gigantic and GRiZ’s longtime creative relationship following such fan favorites as “Daily Routine,” “Power,” “C’mon,” and the 2015 smash, “Good Times Roll,” the latter now boasting over 40M worldwide streams after garnering more than two dozen top tier sync placements, including Apple, ESPN, and more.
BIG GIGANTIC
BRIGHTER FUTURE 2
Release Date: June 10, 2022
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Tracklisting:
Future’s All I See with MOONZz
Deja Vu with Kota The Friend
Open Your Mind with Griz
Losing My Mind with Brooke Williams
Keep On Rising with Aloe Blacc
Renegade with Party Pupils
Just The Same with Vic Mensa & Mick Jenkins
Free with Elohim
Energy with MZG
Paid with Brasstracks & Rothstein
Keep On Falling with Nevve & Super Duper
Second Time with Covex
Love Unlimited feat. Harold O’Neal
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Big Gigantic will celebrate Brighter Future 2 with a wide-ranging live schedule, including a number of newly announced summer dates beginning July 6 at Salt Lake City, UT’s The Complex, and then continuing through the month. Spotify presales begin Tuesday, April 26 at 10:00 am (local) and continue through Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 pm (local). Local/venue presales begin Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 am (local) and continue through Thursday, April 28 at 10:00 pm (local). All remaining tickets will be released to the general public on Friday, April 29 at 10:00 am (local). For complete details and ticket availability, please see www.biggigantic.net/tour.
In addition, Big Gigantic recently announced Rowdytown X, their 10th annual headline event set for September 23 and 24 at Morrison, CO’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The two-day festival will see headline performances from Big Gigantic alongside sets by special guests including Joyride, INZO, and Biicla (September 23) and Mitis, Jantsen, and MZG (September 24). Tickets are on sale now HERE. What’s more, a very special East Coast Rowdytown event is set for July 30 at Brooklyn, NY’s The Brooklyn Mirage at Avant Gardener, on sale now HERE.
Big Gigantic have also slated a number of top-billed festival appearances, including Albuquerque, NM’s SOMOS DREAMGLOW (Saturday, May 14), Chillicothe, IL’s Summer Camp Music Festival (May 27-29), Rothbury, MI's Electric Forest (Sunday, June 26), and Long Pond, PA’s Elements Music & Arts Festival (Sunday, August 22). Additional dates will be announced.
BIG GIGANTIC
LIVE 2022
MAY
14 – Albuquerque, NM – SOMOS DREAMGLOW @ Balloon Museum Albuquerque
27-29 - Chillicothe, IL – Summer Camp Music Festival
JUNE
26 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest 2022
JULY
6 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex *
7 – Reno, NV – Bally's Lake Tahoe Casino Resort *
8 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield *
9 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium *
10 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren *
13 – Oklahoma City, OK – OKC Farmers Market *
14 – Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre *
15 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room *
16 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore *
20 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre *
21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE *
23 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore *
24 – Covington, KY – Madison Theater *
27 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom *
28 – Boston, MA – The Roadrunner Boston *
29 – Washington, DC – Echostage *
30 – Brooklyn, NY – Rowdytown @ The Brooklyn Mirage *
AUGUST
22 – Long Pond, PA - Elements Music & Arts Festival
SEPTEMBER
23 – Morrison, CO – Rowdytown X @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
24 – Morrison, CO – Rowdytown X @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
* NEW DATES
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ABOUT BIG GIGANTIC:
Founded by Boulder, CO-based saxophonist/producer Dominic Lalli and drummer Jeremy Salken, Big Gigantic emerged in 2009 with an utterly original fusion of electronica, hip-hop, pop, and jazz to create a dance music sound all their own. The duo quickly earned critical acclaim and a fervent fan following with show-stealing festival sets and a non-stop series of independent releases including 2016’s breakthrough LP, Brighter Future, which debuted at #2 on Billboard’s “Top Dance/Electronic Albums” chart fueled by such multi-million streaming hits as “All of Me (Feat. Logic & ROZES),” “The Little Things (Feat. Angela McCluskey),” “Highly Possible (Feat. Waka Flocka Flame),” and “Miss Primetime (Feat. Pell),” to name just a few. 2020 saw the arrival of their acclaimed seventh album, Free Your Mind, followed in 2021 by the Leisure Season Vol. 1 EP. Now boasting more than 1.5M monthly listeners via Spotify alone, Big Gigantic have also proven an unforgettable live act with performances at such gatherings as Bonnaroo, Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Electric Forest, as well as their own annual Rowdytown headline event at Morrison, CO’s world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. In addition, the duo has earned a wide array of high-profile sync placements spanning Apple, Fox’s Empire, ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, sporting events including Wimbledon, NASCAR, and the NBA, and more. In 2016, Big Gigantic established A Big Gigantic Difference, a 501(c)3 initiative raising more than $1M for local non-profit organizations across the country thus far.
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Press Contacts:
Ken Weinstein
Greg Miller
Harper Beattie
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