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Vocalist Juliette Jackson might have started lockdown teaching fans how to play guitar on Zoom to help pay the rent (including, to her eternal bemusement, one Courtney Love), she ended it as mother to a super little human being. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere is Everything\u003c\/i\u003e documents the arrival of that fragile but mighty baby in real time, and the excitement and fear felt by this fragile but mighty mother. Meanwhile, the rest of the band doubled-down in the studio, taking Jules’ embryonic song frameworks and stepping forward as one, revelling in an innate, giddy togetherness and with a clutch of genuinely fantastic tunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe record was introduced by Wide Eyes, a pure, uplifting song of collective jubilance. It sounds like a band in the form of their lives, having the time of their lives, and against all the odds. 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Fronted by Juliette Jackson, The Big Moon unleashed song after song fizzing with melody and charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the Big Moon return with \u003ci\u003eWalking Like We Do which which \u003c\/i\u003ewas recorded in Atlanta alongside Grammy Award winning US Producer Ben H. Allen III (M.I.A.\/ Deerhunter \/ Bombay Bicycle Club). It's a massive leap forward in production and songwriting. It's a big pop album and the natural next step forward for the Big Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a record, \u003ci\u003eWalking Like We Do\u003c\/i\u003e finds The Big Moon at a thematic crossroads, swapping the more straightforward love songs of their debut album for thornier topics. Juliette’s lyrics throughout the album find the band trying to make sense of the world we live in, riding through instability and never quite shaking the feeling that anything could happen. 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