{"id":45334,"date":"2026-04-21T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45334"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:09:56","slug":"big-special-announce-ojoy-ep-and-drop-new-single-only-free-when-sleeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45334","title":{"rendered":"Big Special announce \u2018O\u2019Joy!\u2019 EP and drop new single \u2018Only Free When Sleeping\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Birmingham duo Big Special have announced their new 10-track EP, ‘O’Joy!’<\/strong>, due June 5 via SO Recordings \u2014 and they’ve brought a new single along with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve been sleeping on Big Special<\/strong>, now’s a real good time to wake up. The Birmingham, UK duo \u2014 vocalist Joe Hicklin<\/strong> and drummer Callum Moloney<\/strong> \u2014 have been on a pretty relentless tear these last few years, and ‘O’Joy!’<\/strong> is the latest proof they’re not slowing down anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the announcement, the band share Only Free When Sleeping<\/em>, a brooding, head-down stomper that does exactly what it says on the tin. Per the band: “When all that shows up in observation is negative, when all news is bad news and you just look at your feet and curse the cruelty and the faff of the modern day… When you just wanna go to bed and let your dreams make up a different story for you to smile at, just for a little bit, until you wake again.”<\/em> Relatable? Yeah, a little too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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