The Big Fist is one of our contenders for the title of Artist of the Month (don’t worry other candidates, we’ll get to you as well in the coming days), and at first listen, their music has this pretty, poppy sensibility that belies the subject of Big Fist songs. These are some of the darkest, yet prettiest pop songs I’ve ever heard. Take "Kill," for instance, which describes a man realizing that he is but ordinary and deciding that, consequently, he’s "gonna go out there and kill, tonight." When Big Fist frontman Geoff Earle (formerly of Fresh Millions and manager of the delicious Hillside Creek Farmacy on the Eastside) with a crescending mania sings "I’m gonnna let my body fill with holy light. They’ll say that I was wrong, but I know I’m right. I know I’m right," it’s a poignant moment of pop songwriting that feels entirely modern and important without getting bogged down in dogma. Other tracks like "Monster" and "Steal Your Guitar" keep up this bleak-done-pretty aesthetic pitch perfectly. Those interested in what pop can do when it goes for big concepts while remaining unpretentious, The Big Fist is your band. — Trevor Talley @defenderdefends
