Early Riser
Big Life

acoustic punk / female fronted / folk punk / pop punk / indie folk / punk / indie pop

Big Life is the third album from cello-driven pop-punk band Early Riser. It album packs their biggest punch yet with ten fun, fierce, and irresistibly catchy sing-along anthems that explore themes of isolation and connection with sincerity, wit, and insight. For fans of The Mountain Goats, Against Me!, AJJ, The Front Bottoms, The Weakerthans, Worriers, Chumped, Martha, Defiance Ohio, and Mikey Erg.

The title track perfectly captures the struggle of wanting to get out and have a big life–but also wanting to just stay inside forever. Some of the songs look back on lost relationships with a dark sense of humor (Beetlejuice, Go Away) or nostalgia (Second Avenue Forever), while others earnestly celebrate longtime friendships (Keepers, Cool) and new connections (Strays, Get Along).