If you have a weakness for group sing-a-longs that uplift you with their positive, soul-searching lyrics which are anchored by groovy beats and handclaps (feel free to consider me unabashedly guilty on all counts) Big Tree has got your number. With the first track This Fall off their upcoming album This New Year, this NYC based quintet has conjured up the kind of twee-rock that follows in the footsteps of The New Seekers and The Free Design with their sweetly enchanting sound which rings both lushly produced and delightfully rag-tag DIY at the same time. A much smaller, earthier Polyphonic Spree, if you will. Led by the voice and lyrics of Kaila McIntyre-Bader and a core group of fellow Sarah Lawrence College grad-mates, along with a few new members, Big Tree keeps the focus on mellow but infectious instrumentation, funky time signatures and laidback group harmonizing. This Fall is as scrumptious as a road trip on sunny afternoon, yet there s a shadowy contemplative edge throughout that keeps this freak folk from becoming too rainbows and unicorns on yer ass. It s as much a thoughtful, rambling journey as it is a song and it takes you to many a lovely destination along the way. --My Old Kentucky Blog