Big Heavy Stuff -Dear Friends and Enemies,

Pre-order - Release Date 13 December 2024

Double Vinyl LP, Remastered, Limited Edition of 150

Featuring updated and restored artwork by Matt W. Bayes, plus 2 unreleased mixes and digital download of the full album and alternative version "Naked Friends and Enemies". 

“Dear Friends And Enemies,” - titled as a letter of intent - is the final Big Heavy Stuff album. And their definitive statement.

Heralded by the epic - and also final - single “Mutiny”, this was where the band put all their creative ducks in a row, sniffing the change in the air and doubling down on their strengths both as a live band and explorers of studio possibilities.

On the 20th anniversary of the original album release, Love As Fiction Records in association with the band are releasing the album on vinyl for the first time, expanded with a download code for a complete early mix of the album direct from their archive.

“Naked Friends And Enemies” is the complete album , bar one track not originally tracked, mixed by Wayne Connolly before the group took these early takes and built the “cathedral” that became DFAE.

Released and remastered on 2LP black audiophile vinyl (original album + 2 bonus mixes), 2CD and double cassette (both DFAE/NFAE - all extremely limited numbers), this a treat for fans in-the-know and a serious/immersive/fun way for fresh listeners to discover the timeless songs that somehow fell through the cracks of other music trends from the time of its original issue.

Nick Kennedy, Big Heavy Stuff - 2024

Tracklist

Side A

1) Her Small Mouth
2) Black Heart
3) Scared of Living
4) Mutiny

Side B
5) Mary, I'll Colour You In
6) One Day in Your Life Gone
7) Homesick
8) Billy

Side C
9) I See Things
10) I Should Have Seen This Coming
11) Only One Thing
12) Some Crazy Someone

Side D
13) Goliath
14) So Your News Can Reach Me
15) Scared of Living  (NFAE Version)
16) Her Small Mouth (NFAE Version)

CAROLYN POLLEY : VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITARS.

ELIOT FISH : BASS, VOCALS, GRAND PIANO, SYNTH, GUITAR.

GREG ATKINSON : VOCALS, ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS, SYNTH.

NICK KENNEDY : DRUMS, PERCUSSION, SYNTH.

SOPHIE GLASSON : CELLO.

CHRIS ABRAHAMS : RHODES ON “SCARED OF LIVING” AND “I SEE THINGS”, GRAND PIANO ON “ONLY ONE THING”.

BERNARD FANNING : BACKING VOCALS ON “HOMESICK”

(COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC AUSTRALIA).

CHOIR ON “SO YOUR NEWS CAN REACH ME” :

ANNALISE MYERSCOUGH, ZAC ATKINSON, SHELLEY ATKINSON, ANNIE HUDSON, CAROLYN, GREG & NICK.

PRODUCED BY DAVID TRUMPMANIS AND BIG HEAVY STUFF.

ENGINEERED AT MEGAPHON BY WAYNE CONNOLLY.

MIXED AT THE VAULT BY MATT LOVELL.

ADDITIONAL RECORDING AT LAWSON AND LEICHHARDT BY DAVID TRUMPMANIS.

MASTERED AT 301 BY DAVE MACQUARIE. REMASTERED 2024 BY CHRIS HANSZEK.

THANK YOU (2004) :

ALL OF THE ABOVE, SHANE FAHEY, STEPHANIE ASHWORTH, TESSA BENJAMIN, CRAIG HAWKER, RICHARD KINGSMILL, ROBBIE BUCK & EVERYONE AT TRIPLE J, ZAC, SHELLEY AND MELISSA ATKINSON, SOUMALI, CHARLOTTE & DAVID, VEE & DON, CHRIS PEPPERELL, ADAM FISHER, MATT HUDDY & EVERYONE AT RED EYE, RONDA & MARIE KENNEDY, ANNIE, CHARLES & MARIA HUDSON, RICHARD CONELIANO, ROBERT GIBSON, TODD SPARROW, STARBOARD, THE FORRESTERS, CENTIPEDE, KNIEVEL, SOMETHING FOR KATE, MELANIE OXLEY, CHRIS MCBURNIE AND EVERYONE AT TROY HORSE, MARK GOWING, IAN BARRY, DINAH MITCHELL, SHARON BOYLE, THE WITHERS FAMILY, J. ROBBINS, AARON CURNOW, THE HYPER CREW, THE NORTHLANDER, THE TUESDAY NIGHT BOYS.

SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN O’DONNELL.

THANK YOU (2024):

MATT TUTT, MATT BAYES, SOPHIE HOWARTH, NICK WEBB, HEATH BRADBY.

ALL SONGS:

GREG ATKINSON, CAROLYN POLLEY, NICK KENNEDY, ELIOT FISH (CONTROL)

2004/2024 BIG HEAVY STUFF.