Band Interview

Big Special have never been a band afraid to feel or to laugh. The Black Country duo, made up of childhood friends Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney, are known for channeling big emotions with bigger noise, mixing poetry, post-punk and plainspoken truth into something strikingly sincere. With the deluxe edition of their debut album Postindustrial Hometown Blues now out in the world, we caught up to talk about everything from Brum venues and emotional gigs to how they really look after each other on tour and which dog would play the drums if Big Special ever needed a canine replacement..