Big Ups: Before A Million Universes album stream

New York noise rockers Big Ups are now streaming their second album Before A Million Universes ahead of its release on 4 March. The band will also tour the UK and Europe at the end of the month – their first visit to these shores in nearly two years.

The follow-up to 2014's Eighteen Hours Of Static, this sophomore LP sees the Brooklyn foursome continuing to explore pop songcraft via the sonic extremities of their beloved punk rock, calling to mind the jagged riffs of The Jesus Lizard and the invigorating chaos of Unsane. Frontman Joe Galarraga, meanwhile, explores themes from the crushing mechanics of capitalism to his latent understanding of parental sacrifice (as on new single National Parks – watch the video here).

Before A Million Universes is released by Team Love and Brace Yourself in the UK, and Exploding In Sound in the US. You can stream the album via Soundcloud below, with full European tour dates after the jump.

Big Ups UK / Europe tour 2016

28 Mar – Broadcast, Glasgow
29 Mar – Gullivers, Manchester
30 Mar – The Lexington, London
31 Mar – Headrow House, Leeds
1 Apr – Louisiana, Bristol
2 Apr – Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
4 Apr – La Peniche, Lille
5 Apr – Mécanique Ondulatoire, Paris
6 Apr – VK, Brussels
8 Apr – Vera, Groningen
9 Apr – Stroomhuis, Eindhoven
10 Apr – MTC, Cologne
11 Apr – B72, Vienna
12 Apr – Freakout Club, Bologna
13 Apr – Ligera, Milan
14 Apr – Kranhalle, Munich
16 Apr – Molotow, Hamburg
18 Apr – Cassiopeia, Berlin
19 Apr – Loppen, Copenhagen
21 Apr – OT301, Amsterdam