The Big Pink
Dominos

Cover art for Dominos by The Big Pink Description: 7" on 4AD with top shelf cover
Format: 7" (vinyl)
Genre(s): Indie Rock
Label: 4AD
Price:
£2.59
Availability: Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

4Rating: 4
...according to our on 05 September 2009.

Still annoying but growing on me, fits in well within the context of the LP which ain't too bad. Yes it also sticks iin your head like superglue mixed with half chewed noughat & thick caramel and makes me feel like i'm at a football match off me face on GHB....on Saturn.

3Rating: 3
...according to our on 03 September 2009.

The Big Pink have obviously got a bit of a breast fetish with the cover of their new single 'Dominos' featuring a cute pair of norks and the forthcoming album sleeve also being the platform for another blatant display of fine bappery. I loved the 'Velvet' single, those massive sounding walls of epic guitar noise made for pretty intense stuff that I really enjoyed but like our monster raving cynic Brett rightly points out it was probably just Kasabian covering 'Whole Again' by Atomic Kitten. This new single really does have a kind of awful Kasabian thing going on. A thudding mid-paced electro rock plodder that couldn't be more anthemic & stadium friendly if it tried. Its only redeeming feature, on this particular "number", is the big fat bastard wall-of-sound production which kind of stuns you into thinking the music is quite impressive but I reckon they're just trying to kid folks with volume & bombast. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating as I've yet to check the album but I don't think this is a very durable song. 4AD, 7" only again.

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What their label says...

The release of ‘Dominos’ is The Big Pink’s fourth stellar single following
the  limited  7”  ‘Too  Young  To  Love’  /  ‘Crystal  Visions’  on  House
Anxiety, followed by ‘Velvet’ and ‘Stop The World’ on 4AD.

Having wowed  the crowds at  three shows at Glastonbury – culminating
in  an  appearance  on  the  John  Peel  Stage  on  Saturday  –  the  band  have
been  putting  the  finishing  touches  to  debut  album  ‘A Brief History Of
Love’ in New York with Rich Costey.

‘Dominos’  takes  The  Big  Pink  formula  even  further  than  before.  Their
digital world opens up  to a world of soul – a world where Sam Cooke
and  Otis  Redding  inspire  the  band  to  push  themselves  in
directions of which others can only dream.

Incredibly soulful and positive, The Big Pink make music that envelops the
listener;  their  digital  exterior  opens  up  to  reveal  a  depth,  a  real  soulful
vibe. ‘Dominos’ kicks off with an ethereal, gospel-esque vocal that weaves
in and out of layers of digital beats and guitars and Robbie Furze’s voice
is  stronger  than ever. The  scale of  the ambition of The Big Pink  is again
highlighted  in  the epic chorus. B-side  ‘She’s No Sense’  features backing
vocals  from  Florence Welsh,  otherwise  known  as  Florence  And  The
Machine.
Live, the band just get better and better, and they’re set to play a string of
festival dates this summer before embarking on their biggest UK tour so
far, culminating at London’s Electric Ballroom.