"Big" is the first single by Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rock band Dead Letter Circus

Dead Letter Circus

Dead Letter Circus are an alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, who have been compared to The Mars Volta and Karnivool and have become one of the more popular bands in Australian rock...

 from their debut studio album This Is the Warning

This Is the Warning

This Is the Warning is the debut album by Australian alternative/progressive rock band Dead Letter Circus. It was released on Friday 14 May 2010 and distributed by Warner Music Australia...

. It is the band's fifth single overall, following "The Space on the Wall

The Space on the Wall

"The Space on the Wall" is the first single by Australian alternative rock band Dead Letter Circus from their debut studio album This Is the Warning, and their fourth single overall...

", "Next in Line", "Reaction", and "Disconnect and Apply". Two of the aforementioned singles, "Next in Line" and "Reaction", are to be featured on This Is the Warning, but "Big" is the first official single from the album.

Release

On Day #33 of the band's site, The Dead Letter Circus Project, the band put up a snippet of the song's riff. Over the next few days, the band put up bits and pieces to do with the song, like photos and videos of the band recording the song, a ringtone of the song, and others. Then, on Day #40, the band finally put up a full .mp3 download of the song. They also put up the artwork Cameron Gray had made for the song the following day, as he will be making artwork for every song from the album, as well as the album artwork. A music video for the song was released on youtube on the 23rd of May. It was also featured on Channel V's new music countdown later that day.