NATIONAL AVERAGE: Black Vinyl LP 2025BF50% being named Best New American

being named Best New American Band by Rolling Stone readers in 1990

in surrendering to what can’t be pinned down

Seen Not Heard

I always say getting inspiration is like fishing

rock (“Teenage Rebel” & “Say You Love Me”) and even American R&B (on “War Girl”) sounds which shows their wide style

NATIONAL AVERAGE: Black Vinyl LP 2025BF50% being named Best New AmericanThe 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 all. And so NATIONAL AVERAGE reflects the world as it is, as BIG SPECIAL have seen it while grinding around the nation and screaming their poetry at the people. The album also registers