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Check out what people have been saying about Big Hand...

“A band that would form the perfect musical backdrop to a Tarantino soundtrack”
Virgin Radio

“F***ing awesome!”
Dominick Diamond, XFM

“The full length from the Scottish skasteres is a magical outpour of near macabre and darkly, Cheshire cat grinning joy!
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Distorted Magazine (HAI review)

“The album as a whole is refreshingly diverse in comparison to the usual British ska fare, with the rock surf of 'Light a Flame' and their outstanding and rather unique Latin/blues of 'Shoot Down the Crows'. Big Hand are undoubtedly a credit to the British ska scene. 3/5 ”
Big Cheese (HAI review)

“'How About It?' is the debut album from Edinburgh offbeat disco pioneers Big Hand, who have a unique latin, rock and roll & European folk influenced 'Zorbic Ska' sound. If you're feeling down a blast of this is guaranteed to leave you smiling. ”
Music News Scotland (HAI Review)

“ 'How about it?' has 14 tracks of soulfull ska & slow reggae with punping horns with that spanish bull fighting trumpet! The vocals are really tight & harmonised whilst the band have a nice explosivly sloppy Sublime feel, especially in what you would think is the title track, 3, called 'Magnet'!
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Arf Zine (HAI Review)

“Niche appeal explodes into full-blown crossover potential on key tracks such as ?Let It Out?.... 3/5”
The List (HAI review)

“"Scottish 4 piece Big Hand are back with a bang on their jumping new album, titled 'How About It?'. Self-released on their own Zorbic Media label, the disc serves up 14 cuts of catchy 2 tone, with poppy trumpet melodies & sing-along choruses a-plenty throughout it's duration."”
Do The Dog Zine (HAI Review)

“The CD sounds great, the songs are well written and it does keep your foot tapping throughout. ”
Sonic Dice (HAI Review)

“I saw these guys a few years back and was well into them, unfortunately I hadn't been quite as impressed with the recoded stuff I heard, that was until their debut album 'How About It?' came through my door. ”
Mild Peril Zine (HAI review)

“Tracks well worth a listen include 'Magnet', 'Goodbye Johnny', 'The Calling Of The Light Brigade' and 'Shoot Down The Crows' - 7/10”
Streetvoice UK (HAI Review)

“Big Hand had the answer. They gave us their peculiar brand of beautifully delivered melodic ska with big anthem sound. Oozing confidence and vitality, with the trumpet cutting through the melee, they had the packed venue jumping ? little wonder they blew a speaker stack.”
Edinburgh Evening News *****

“I can honestly say that that the Edinburgh band is the best live ska act I've ever seen live”
The Orkadian

“Big Hand are damn impressive. As a live band they have mastered the idea of playing as one”
El Diablo (Glasgow Zine)

“A Big Hand gig is never a let down”
The Skinny

“..it's hard to tell whose having more fun them or us. If you didn't leave smiling, you must be dead, or deaf”
The List ****

“By the time Big Hand hit the stage, the crowd and the crush was such that if you jumped, there was affair chance you would stay up in the sea of bouncing bodies revelling in the headliner's superb set of funky ska numbers”
Edinburgh Evening News ****

“Foot-stomping ska the way god intended”
Trojan Sound System, Mau Mau, Nottinghill Carnival

“People are skanking all over the place, the feeling of goodwill in the crowd is almost tangible, and is mirrored in the carnival-like atmosphere bouncing off the stage. It's an energetic, exuberant set, the tempo never drops from start to finish. Being used to guitar heavy, angst-ridden bands- it's a breath of fresh air to witness a band who are so genuinely entertaining and talented that you can't help but give into the easy, carnival vibe, the catchy choruses and the all enveloping good humour. Big Hand cast some sunshine over Camden, and can return to Scotland safe in the knowledge that they've won over us Londoners”
Caught in the Crossfire

“For those of you who think that Less Than Jake, or Reel Big Fish are as good as it gets, open your ears and let Big Hand change your misguided mind. I've never been a huge fan of ska myself, but have become slightly enamoured with this band. Having heard my fair share of ska music from across the Atlantic, after hearing Big Hand I can only conclude that we so do it better in the UK”
fuzznut.net

“I defy anyone on the night (of the perfomance) not to dance. It's like eating a doughnut without licking your lips - it just cant be done.”
Stornoway Gazette

“Attach to the end of them all the word ska, and mix phrases like "astonishing, liberating live energy" and "the most important thing is that you dance and dance until your ass falls on the floor and you forget any worries you may have and grin like a mad fool so that your face hurts and everybody thinks your on drugs they've never heard of but they really want some too" to form a sentence. That sentence should give you a rough idea of what going to see the infectious, original and intelligently soulful ska of Big Hand will be like, with their astonishing and liberating live energy, and their ability to make you dance and dance until your ass falls right off; you'll be grinning like a mad fool, mouth stretch from ear to ear, your face will ache and you won't care - everybody will think that you're on the most incredible drugs they've never heard of, and they'll all probably be demanding some off you. And you'll just say: sorry, I'm not on any drugs - I'm just having a really good time dancing to Big Hand. You'll forget all your worries, too.”
Barfly Camden

“I would highly recommend Big Hand to any person who loves ska, reggae, dub, pop, or just music in general who is not bound to the musical genres in the media spotlight. If you want individuality then Big Hand is the band for you.”
Mod Reviews

“With their laid-back, latin-fused version of the rocksteady sound, their many performances on the local gig circuit are not to be missed”
The List

“People talk about the energy that the Arctic Monkeys unleash but I think that The Big Hand if not equal then exceed this.”
E-gigs.co.uk

“"They (Big Hand) have a unique ska style and musical maturity that helps them stand out from the crowd."”
SkaSource.com

“"Good crowd pleasers!" ”
RedStripe.com

“This camp saw an unforgettable performance from Big Hand with half the audience joining them for the last song on stage!”
Woodcraft World

“A SMALL LINE UP FOR A SKA BAND,YOU COULD LOOK AWAY AND SWEAR THERE WAS TWICE AS MANY UP THERE. ONE GREAT TUNE FOLLOWED ANOTHER AND NO ONE THERE WANTED THEM TO STOP PLAYING......”
skamonkey.com

“This is a band for everyone; the young, the old, rockers and divas alike. Even if you tried to keep an air of cool about you, by the end of the first song you'd be bopping.”
Spark

“Personally I've never been hugely into ska, but this is definitely a band that might help sway my opinion. Big Hand are a breath of fresh air compared with a lot of the insipid bands around at the moment”
The Smoke

“Big Hand are playing at the show too, providing Ska goodness to lift your soul to a new height of ecstatic delight, beyond anything you have ever felt possible.”
rathergood.com

“Da muss jetzt natürlich eine Ska-Interpretation von As Good As Gone durch BIG HAND kommen. Hätt ich nur mein Maul gehalten...”
German web site (We have no idea what this says but we think it may be negative!! ;)

“Big Hand are playing at the show too, providing Ska goodness to lift your soul to a new height of ecstatic delight, beyond anything you have ever felt possible.”
rathergood.com