Single Of The Week - Boy & Bear : Big Man

Boy & Bear have rocketed through the last 12 months in a shower of sparks and stardust kicked off by their excellent debut album Moonfire. The ride is ending with fireworks; I think their last single from that record is also their best. Demure, bittersweet and beautiful, Big Man has some of the most memorable lines Dave Hosking has yet written, including this one: “I fell in this position/I’ll still teach my kids pride/Because failure’s a part of it all/And if failure don’t hurt/Then failure don’t work.” These few simple words are imbued with All That Is Hard and Lovely About Life.