BIG DIPPER - Crashes on the Platinum Planet

"Big Dipper Crashes on the Platinum Planet is the latest, and perhaps boldest, excursion into the perilous realm of Astronomy Pop by veteran\r\nindie-rockers BIG DIPPER. Inspired by a triumphant reunion tour in support of Merge Records 2008 3-disc retrospective Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology, the band returned from the stratosphere with a stellar collection of brand new songs. Just a few weeks after touring, Big Dipper began recording the new material in GARY WALEIKs top-secret\r\nCommand Module studio. The album boasts cover art by Guided By Voices main-man ROB POLLARD, a huge Big Dipper fan (Pollard rates them the 20th\r\ngreatest band in rock history, #19 being T. Rex!). The recording line-up consists of guitarist/vocalist BILL GOFFRIER, drummer/vocalist JEFF OLIPHANT, late-era Dipper alum TOM BREWITT on bass and the\r\naforementioned vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/producer Waleik, with special guest appearances by Commander FRANK BORMAN and Command Module Pilot JIM LOVELL of the Apollo 8 Mission as well as some of the Dippers offspring. The discs 12 songs shimmer with Big Dippers trademark sound: twin vocals, ethereal harmonies, dynamic guitar arrangements by Goffrier and Waleik (dubbed by some a two-headed guitar monster"), Oliphants powerful drumming and Brewitts melodic bass playing. But longtime fans may also be surprised at how easily Dipper has stretched\r\nits own boundaries." - Almost Ready.