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Gigantic Hand
12+ albums
about
Gigantic Hand is a band from Brooklyn that play single entendre rock and roll. Their music addresses the weirdo bargains one makes to navigate the day. The band is a stalking horse for Kris Kaczor, the group's original voice and primary songwriter. The project started as a handful of acoustic songs in Kaczor's bedroom -- spare ditties about moonbeams and clouds. Enter Rory O'Connor on synths and drums, with help from Kevin Bayson on bass and trumpet. Things got less embarrassing. The three headed to Keyclub Recording Company in late 2007 to record their debut album, Permanent Skin. Subsisting on a raw vegan diet provided by engineer Bill Skibbe (Adult, The Kills, Sea and Cake), Gigantic Hand took its time and produced an album as simple as it is layered. Like a Russian nesting Doll. Provided that doll plays electric guitar. Or suffers from indigestion. Gigantic Hand take an odd angle of approach to pop music. Their music is simpler than it sounds on first listen. Mentally dissecting the many layers - often sub-consciously - gives "pop" to the moment, mixed with a charming nostalgia for the gutter. Theirs is a complex Muzak of the soul. Gigantic Hand's influences are not dying young and bands that add a pinch of blood. Gigantic Hand recently added several musicians to its lineup: Evan Wood (guitar, rhodes, synths, saxophone), Eddie Pellino (guitar, accordion, vocals), and Andrew Miller (bass, vocals). Gigantic Hand now compose together, perform live and do group cardio.
