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When you heaer the term "progressive rock", it likely brings to mind associations with the musically arcane and over the top; the distinctively nerdy and - for better or worse - unrepentantly weird. And well...that's not inaccurate (this is the genre that gave us nearly half-hour opuses about giant weaponized cyborg armadillos and the struggle between reason and sentiment as personified by Greek gods). But Great Wide Nothing turns many of these tropes on their head, infusing prog with emotional immediacy and the vital energy of the rock underground. This gritty, decidedly more down-to-earth approach yields something more akin to a kind of retrofuturist punk than the fantastical escapism and esoteric musings of their 70's forebears.
A staple of the Atlanta music scene, Great Wide Nothing - comprising bassist/frontman and primary songwriter Daniel Graham, keyboardist Dylan Porper, and drummer Jeff Matthews - has spent nearly a decade in the trenches, gradually amassing a cult following with expansive, wide-screen arrangements and pop-friendly hooks methodology has kept them busy and allowed them to release three studio albums (including the completely self-recorded and self-produced Hymns for Hungry Spirits , volumes I and II) that have received glowing reviews and airplay from grassroots outlets around the globe and perform extensively throughout the American southeast and beyond. Never the type to wait for anyone's help or permission to do exactly what they want, Great Wide Nothing has carved out a unique niche for themselves without the backing or any form of management. They're a truly independent band; one that has earned their stripes - and the respect of their peers - the old fashioned way.