Big Science was born in the fall of 2007 in different practice spaces, apartments, skulls, bars, and chests, of the great city of Chicago. Long-time friends from days spent playing in dark bars, dingy basements, and smoke-filled lofts in a band known as The North Atlantic: Jason Hendrix and Jason Richards, made the move from San Diego to Chicago, in order to begin a new project with longtime friend/producer/engineer Jason Clark. Having discussed the impending union nearly into the ground, everyone was eager to get to work. By shear luck, and the astute character judgement of a mutual friend, the lineup became complete with Jeremy Pena joining as drummer.

In the winter of 2008, the band self-release their debut EP, The Coast of Nowhere. The release garnered them praise and earned them fans throughout Chicago. GapersBlock.com called it “a very strong, heavy, and infections release,” with “dreamy New Order/Joy Division-esque tunes.” And the Chicagoist said that “in a retrospective version of Our Band Could Be Your Life, these guys would have a chapter.” The EP also got the attention of local College label AEMMP Records, who included a song off The Coast of Nowhere for their IMA Award winning Chompilation CD.

Since then, Big Science and AEMMP Records have been working together to bring about the band’s first label release. The new EP, Skyscraper Sound, is a significant work of sophisticated indie rock and new wave. The band’s obsession with recording is clear on every track of the self-produced EP and they’re equally dedicated to the songwriting process. Before recording, the band sifted through a list of hundreds of song ideas that hangs on the wall of their studio space.

On Skyscraper Sound the band’s experience is evident. Their vision is further refined, with Richards and Pena providing the solid foundation over which Hendrix and Clark build shimmering soundscapes. Simply: Big Science is a band made up of four friends, dedicated, entrenched, and in love with the act of making music.