The Wild Life

It is believed that hungry ghosts will continue to strive for satisfaction until they learn to leave their earthly desires behind. It is only then that they can be healed of their hunger for physical desires that are no longer able to be satisfied. Because of the hungry ghosts' strong connection to the past, they are unable to live in the present moment, according to the basic psychology of Buddhism. As a tradition, some Buddhists still offer food on altars for the hungry ghosts that may come to them for help.

Hungry Ghosts

Here To Now(Down, Down, Down)

Across the Water

Love Monkey

Shine On

My Heart Belongs To Me

When you listen to the Big East, you can hear the echo of the best days of songwriting being carried forward: Soaring and simple; poetic and contemporary; new and timeless. The music is layered with subtle inference and bold strokes. The voices are evocative, approachable and a superb blend. 

Following their homegrown album Under Currents, the Big East has set out in a new direction with a fresh, and uniquely Canadian take on Rock music for a new era. With their monumental second album Hungry Ghosts, The Big East has re-defined themselves. 

The eleven songs of Hungry Ghosts runs the gamut from love to politics and plays on the best elements of rhythm, harmony and melody.  You can feel the long shadow of past decades of rock music coalesced around songs like The Wild Life and Shine On, but you can feel the personality of the band come through in every track. 

The songwriting is the best of James Jones and typically he tells many stories from his unique point of view.  The title track Hungry Ghosts tells the story of bitter love and offers the tale up in poetic language that stokes your imagination in every phrase.  The stand-out track Scarecrow is a fusion of forlorn lament about feeling alone, neo-motown vocal arrangements and jazzy guitar motiff.  Somehow it comes together to work like magic.  This album is eclectic.  Somehow theyve woven together high energy, light hearted rock with cuts like Monkey On My Back and The Wild Life with romantic vocals and storytelling. 

Much of the credit of the Big Easts new sound is due to the influence of veteran Canadian producer Andre Wahl.  Under Wahls guidance the band has bridged the gap between talent and experience and taken things to a new level. 

James Jones and Kip Daynard are the driving force behind the Big East.  Jones and Daynard are both long time residents of Muskoka, Canada.  The friends live in the same small town a few blocks apart.  They are both end products of the best of the rock era and it is sincerely evident in the music the make.