Big Special release deluxe edition of ‘Postindustrial Hometown Blues’

Featuring remixes from Andy Bell, Public Service Broadcasting, Sleaford Mods, and more—plus live recordings and early demos

Supporting Pixies on UK Tour | Headlining London’s O2 Forum on March 29

Big Special are back with a deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed debut ‘Postindustrial Hometown Blues,’ out now via SO Recordings. This expanded release dives deeper into the band’s raw, electrifying world, featuring an all-star lineup of remixes from the likes of Andy Bell, Public Service Broadcasting, Robbie Majors (Benefits), Sleaford Mods, and Simon Scott (Slowdive) under his Three Quarter Skies moniker. Alongside these reimagined tracks, the deluxe album includes early demos and live recordings captured from Glasgow to Brazil.

This release lands just in time for Big Special’s biggest UK headline show to date—March 29 at London’s legendary O2 Forum Kentish Town—before they hit the road as direct support for Pixies’ massive UK tour.

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2025 live dates

Tickets on sale now.

Headline shows
March 27 – Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, UK
March 29 – O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, UK
April 20 – Esquires, Bedford, UK
May 9-10 – Are You Listening? Festival, Reading, UK

Supporting Pixies
May 13 – P&J Arena, Aberdeen, UK
May 14 – O2 Academy, Edinburgh, UK
May 16 – O2 Academy, Brixton, London, UK
May 17 – O2 Academy, Brixton, London, UK
May 19 – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
May 20 – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
May 21 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff, UK
May 23 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
May 24 – O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK

Festivals & special appearances
May 25 – Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol, UK
May 30 – Maifield Derby, Mannheim, DE
July 25-28 – Deer Shed Festival, Thirsk, UK

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‘Postindustrial Hometown Blues (Deluxe)’ – out now

Tracklist

1. Black Country Gothic
2. I Mock Joggers
3. Desperate Breakfast
4. Shithouse
5. This Here Ain’t Water
6. My Shape (Blocking the Light)
7. Black Dog / White Horse
8. Broadcast: Time Away
9. Ill.
10. Mongrel
11. Butcher’s Bin
12. Dust Off / Start Again
13. Trees
14. For The Birds
15. Dig!
16. Stay Down, Lazarus (feat. John Grant)
17. Black Dog / White Horse (Acoustic Version)
18. Trees (Acoustic Demo 2022)
19. This Here Ain’t Water (Early Demo)
20. For The Birds (Simon Scott Three Quarter Skies Remix)
21. My Shape (Blocking the Light) (Andy Bell GLOK Remix)
22. Black Dog / White Horse (Sleaford Mods Remix)
23. Dust Off / Start Again (Robbie Major Benefits Remix)
24. This Here Ain’t Water (Public Service Broadcasting Remix)
25. Shithouse (Live from King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland)
26. Dig! (Live from Espaco Unimed, São Paulo, Brazil)

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