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“At the Intersection of Smart and Stupid”: Nashville’s Big Guy & The Very Large Men Celebrates the Glorious Mess of Being Alive Through Dreamy, Campy, Y’allternative Songs
byNashville singer/songwriter James Droll reclaims the stories he was once taught to hide through Big Guy & The Very Large Men, channeling them into dreamy, campy, and y’allternative music that celebrates the glorious mess of being alive. On the achingly beautiful “RED DOOR” ft. Abby Cates – premiering exclusively on Atwood Magazine – he offers a bittersweet love letter to the city that broke his heart and became his home, carrying the fearless storytelling of his debut EP ‘soft hands, hard times’ into a compelling new chapter with the forthcoming ‘PERMADEATH.’
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“At the Intersection of Smart and Stupid”: Nashville’s Big Guy & The Very Large Men Celebrates the Glorious Mess of Being Alive Through Dreamy, Campy, Y’allternative Songs
byNashville singer/songwriter James Droll reclaims the stories he was once taught to hide through Big Guy & The Very Large Men, channeling them into dreamy, campy, and y’allternative music that celebrates the glorious mess of being alive. On the achingly beautiful “RED DOOR” ft. Abby Cates – premiering exclusively on Atwood Magazine – he offers a bittersweet love letter to the city that broke his heart and became his home, carrying the fearless storytelling of his debut EP ‘soft hands, hard times’ into a compelling new chapter with the forthcoming ‘PERMADEATH.’
