Big 10-4

Big 10-4

Big 10-4 is an alternative rock quartet based in Orlando, Florida. The group plays modern rock with a mix of melodic, piano-led material and more immediate, higher-energy songs. Tracks mentioned in connection with their style include “Oxygen” and “Tangled,” which use reflective melodies and piano textures, as well as “Walking Disaster” and “Long Night (Sleepless),” which are described as faster, more direct songs.

The band spends time building its audience through local shows and support slots for touring acts. It develops from college venues to sold-out 500-capacity rooms in Orlando and Gainesville, and it also gets opening opportunities at House of Blues venues. Its songs are described as drawing on themes of late-night drinking, women and trying to make sense of life.

In 2005, Big 10-4 signs with Universal Records, a label associated with acts including 3 Doors Down, Jack Johnson and Godsmack. Around the same period, it finishes Testing The Atmosphere with producer Matt Wallace, whose credits include Maroon 5 and Train, and “Walking Disaster” goes to regional radio as the lead single from that release. The band is also set to tour the Southeast in connection with the album.