The Bigger Lovers

After the one-two punch of THE BIGGER LOVERS' first two releases – 2001’s How I learned to Stop Worrying (recently named one of Magnet Magazine’s "Lost Hits from the Last Decade"), followed by the drop-dead gorgeous pop stylings of Honey in the Hive – The Bigger Lovers had earned the respect of pop fans and press with their dead-on harmonies and unerring melodic sense. These guys have an obvious reverence for the Ghosts of Pop Past, yet manage to inject their carefully crafted songs with enough crunch and grit to hold their own with the best of the contemporary pop underground.

After spending two years dazzling audiences with their driving live shows, The Bigger Lovers returned to Philly to record their third disc, This Affair Never Happened... and Here Are 11 Songs About It. Recorded around drummer Patrick Berkery’s schedule (Berkery had been snagged by the Pernice Brothers for their 2003 tours), the band holed up with producer Brian McTear (Swearing at Motorists, Matt Pond PA, Capitol Years) for the 11 tracks that appear on the album. Not content to tread water, stylistically, the new cd features everything you’ve come to expect from The Bigger Lovers and then some: soaring vocals overlaid with tight harmonies, explosive power chords and choruses that make you reach for the "repeat" button on your CD player. Lyrically smart and musically exuberant, This Affair Never Happened... and Here Are 11 Songs About It establishes The Bigger Lovers as one of the best purveyors of pop rock going.