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Big Green’s In Retrograde is here!

The wait is over – Big Green’s fourth album, In Retrograde, is out now. Twenty-four new tracks from America’s most obscure indie band are now available on all major streaming services as well as right here at big-green.net.


“This packed album is one small step back into the analog warmth and wide range of sounds heard on late ‘60s and early ‘70s FM radio.”

– Leif Zurmuhlen, Metroland Now


Recorded in Big Green’s lowly basement studio in upstate New York, In Retrograde is an album that draws on the music of rock’s early days in the 1960s and ’70s; a colorful collection of torch songs, love ballads, and full-throated laments that mark a dramatic departure from the band’s usual thematic direction, rendered with characteristic simplicity and passion. It’s an album that weighs in at 24 tracks, one for each hour of the day. (You can listen to it like that, though your mileage may vary.)

We’ve got three great ways to get an earful of this, our newest (and longest) album, two years in the making:

  • Download the album (or just a track) on iTunes or at Amazon music
  • Stream In Retrograde on Apple Music, Spotify, or any other major streaming platform
  • Kick back and listen right here at big-green.net:
  1. Alone For A Day Big Green 3:11
  2. Save Me Big Green 2:39
  3. Where Is The Sun Big Green 3:06
  4. Is It Wrong Big Green 3:27
  5. Meet Me In The Middle Big Green 2:19
  6. Birthday Big Green 2:36
  7. So Many Lives Big Green 2:55
  8. Everybody Wants You Big Green 4:37
  9. Stopped Time Big Green 3:28
  10. Someone Said Big Green 2:54
  11. Don't Unfriend Me Big Green 2:17
  12. I Wonder Big Green 2:57
  13. Follow You Big Green 2:40
  14. I Found You Big Green 3:38
  15. Can't Be Without You Big Green 2:47
  16. Til The Good Day Is Done Big Green 2:54
  17. Could Be On Your Way Big Green 2:37
  18. One Day Big Green 2:28
  19. When I See You Again Big Green 2:43
  20. I Can Learn Big Green 3:51
  21. Sound Asleep Big Green 2:49
  22. Tear Inside My Eye Big Green 3:13
  23. You Can't Help Big Green 2:55
  24. With The Lights On Big Green 3:41
In Retrograde - Big Green's newest album

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Holiday on YouTube

Hey, campers – we just posted another of our live recordings on YouTube. It’s the song “Holiday”, the version we included on our collection LIVE FROM NEPTUNE. The song was recorded in 1994 and features the usual suspects, Matt, Joe, and John, with Jeremy Shaw on guitar. This was part of a day-long session in Jeremy’s basement, a demo project, featuring five original songs played live and captured on DAT tape, no overdubs.

Check it out:

THIS IS BIG GREEN: July 2019

Big Green drops a bomb on independence day with a clumsily patched-together show that features an archive Ned Trek selection, some old live tracks, and a drunken narrative to serve as your guide. Cue fireworks.

This is Big Green – July 2019. Features: 1) Ned Trek 18: Captain Frickasee (encore presentation); 2) Put the phone down: Where the hell did that Matt guy go; 3) A brief history of Big Green guitarists; 4} Song: How ‘Bout The War (live), by Big Green with Tony “Ace” Butera; 5) Song: Greater Good (live), by Big Green with Jeremy Shaw; 6) Song: Sensory Man (live demo), by Big Green with Jeremy Shaw; 7) Song: I Hate Your Face (live demo), by Big Green with Jeremy Shaw; 8) Song: Merry Christmas, Jane (live demo), by Big Green with Jeremy Shaw; 9) Song: Special Kind of Blood (live demo), by Big Green with Jeremy Shaw; 10) The Middlebury College gig, circa 1993; 11) Time to go.

New song: Romney and You Know It

Sure, we’re taking forever about finishing the next installment of our podcast. And because you’ve been so damn patient, we’re posting this mix of one of the eight songs that will appear in the Ned Trek episode included therein, entitled “Romney and You Know It”. Willard sings this hopeful little number about his dream of a brokered G.O.P. convention. Give it a listen and let us know what you think. (Swearing is welcomed.)