BIG SPECIAL - National Average THE STROPPIES “The album initially started out

“The album initially started out to do with performance… [the totem] was a head mic

high-octane partner of the Number 1 album and global smash Tension

The songs on ‘Funeral For Justice’ speak unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and of the Tuareg people

”Brad Mehldau’s Nonesuch debut was the 2004 solo disc Live in Tokyo

blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton

BIG SPECIAL - National Average THE STROPPIES “The album initially started outLP Limited Dinked Edition #360: Yellow splatter on transparent clear vinyl * 36 page full colour fanzine * Numbered edition * Limited pressing of 600 * * = EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition The journey BIG SPECIAL have been on is one of the key stories told by their second album, National Average. And trust Big Special to invest those stories with wisdom, insight and the most absolute humanity. And these might be their stories, but the lessons speak to us