{"id":5388,"date":"2011-01-18T09:43:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T13:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2011-01-18T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T21:43:44","slug":"the-bigger-lovers-reunite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-bigger-lovers-reunite\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bigger Lovers Reunite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don't worry...<\/p><\/div>\n

Philadelphia’s The Bigger Lovers<\/strong>, the town’s torchbearers for guitar-pop at the start of the millennium, have\u00a0reunited for the 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album, 2001’s long-out-of-print How I Learned to Stop Worrying<\/em>. The remastered vinyl and digital reissue is coming March 8, 2011<\/strong> on the band’s Miles Above imprint. The digital version will include two bonus tracks. To mark the occasion\u00a0the band\u00a0will also release a new Maxi-Single and treat hometown fans to a March 12th<\/strong> show at Johnny Brenda’s<\/strong>. Details on all this good stuff can be found at the band’s website, thebiggerlovers.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For a limited time, from now through February 1, the band is offering a free download<\/a> of “Little Giant,” the lead track from the Maxi-Single. You can download it here<\/a>. If you find that too troubling, click on the Rock Town Hall Player, below.<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/The-Bigger-Lovers-Little-Giant.mp3|titles=The Bigger Lovers, “Little Giant”]\n

The\u00a0Little Giant Maxi Single<\/em>, including 4 newly finished tunes (plus a remix), began its life in the 2005 and finally wrapped up with the help of Tony Goddess<\/strong> (singer-guitarist of Papas Fritas). It will be available February 1<\/strong> through the band’s website and iTunes.<\/p>\n

The reunion show at Johnny Brenda\u2019s in Philadelphia will take place on\u00a0Saturday, March\u00a012<\/strong>. Tickets are available now through the Johnny Brenda\u2019s website<\/a>. Dennis Diken<\/strong> (Smithereens drummer) and Bell Sound<\/strong> will open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia’s The Bigger Lovers, the town’s torchbearers for guitar-pop at the start of the millennium, have\u00a0reunited for the 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album, 2001’s long-out-of-print How I Learned to Stop Worrying. The remastered vinyl and digital reissue is coming March 8, 2011 on the band’s Miles Above imprint. The digital version will include […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342,16],"tags":[29,219],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}