Giant Party

Giant Party are an alternative, new wave four piece hailing from Basingstoke. Taking inspiration from Talking Heads, Gorillaz & Peter Gabriel, and creating a sound that has been compared to Perfume Genius, Grizzly Bear, New Order and Future Islands, the band’s releases to date have garnered critical acclaim from the likes of Noisey, NME, DIY, Line Of Best Fit, Clash, The Guardian, and BBC Radio1 & 6Music. Impressively, Elton John is a signed-up fan having played several of the band’s tracks on his Beats1 show. The band’s incendiary live show has seen them grace stages across UK & European festivals: The Great Escape, Live at Leeds, Stag and Dagger, Twisterella Festival, Metropolis Festival (Rotterdam), Indiestad (Amsterdam) and Pete The Monkey Festival (Normandy), whilst playing sold out headline shows at home at Electrowerkz, Oslo, & The Lexington.

Giant Party’s debut album - due March 2023 - was recorded in a hectic week of 16-hour days with Kevin Vanbergen (Kid Kapichi, Nova Twins) at Hastings’ Save Sound studios. The record juxtaposes colourful, optimistic pop sounds with raw emotional lyrics based on the experience of brothers Al & Tim Harrod losing three family members in quick succession - including their estranged father who they hand’t seen in twenty years. The twelve songs confront the insecurities his departure caused head-on, with the succession of funerals forcing the atheist brothers to revisit their religious upbringing. But what shines through in the album is the bond of brotherhood the Harrods forged in the process, and despite it’s traumatic roots the album is a remarkable record in which pain and existential dilemmas are countered by moments of sheer joy and energising exuberance.

The album’s ethos is perfectly summed up by band leader Al Harrod…“If life is difficult, you put an album on and it’s gone. Everything in the world feels right for a moment when you’re playing that awesome record.”

“Channels vintage New Order and early Pet Shop Boys feels” Clash
“If it's good enough for Elton John, it's good enough for us” Noisey
“Calls to mind Lionel Richie on Marvin Gaye’s drugs” The Guardian
“Giant Party is the definition of genre-fluid” The Line of Best Fit
“The Killers meets Future Islands” Daily Mirror