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"**" is a track by BIG SPECIAL, from the album O'JOY!. The track is 0:19 long. Dork has published 20 articles about BIG SPECIAL.

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O'JOY!
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BIG SPECIAL
  1. —HOTEL
    3:20
  2. —**
    0:19
  3. —PLAINTIVE NATIVE
    3:18
  4. —ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING
    2:59
  5. —LAZARUS
    3:17
  6. —THE WAKE
    1:52
  7. —FAMILY BONES
    3:30
  8. —GARDEN OF FOOLS
    3:15
  9. —SLUGLIFE
    4:43
  10. —DRAGGED UP A HILL (and thrown down the other side)
    4:30

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O’JOY! EP
O’JOY! EP
2026
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
NATIONAL AVERAGE.
2025
POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES (Deluxe)
POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES (Deluxe)
2025
POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
POSTINDUSTRIAL HOMETOWN BLUES
2024
TREES
TREES
2023
DRAGGED UP A HILL (and thrown down the other side)
DRAGGED UP A HILL (and thrown down the other side)

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  4. Get Back Safe
    3:52
  5. God Save The Pony
    3:21
  6. Hug A Bastard
    4:10
  7. I Once Had A Kestrel
    1:06
  8. Judas Song
    3:35
  9. Pigs Puddin
    2:16
  10. PLAINTIVE NATIVE

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The Joy Hotel have shared new single ‘Misery ’93’
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The Joy Hotel have shared new single ‘Misery ’93’

Glasgow five-piece The Joy Hotel’s latest ‘Consume’ single confronts misogyny and incel radicalisation.

21 Oct 2026 • 11:14 am
Big Special have booked a 2026 UK headline tour, including London Roundhouse
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Big Special have booked a 2026 UK headline tour, including London Roundhouse

Big Special announces extensive UK and European tour dates for 2026, featuring their biggest show yet at London's Roundhouse.

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BIG SPECIAL close out a long weekend with a short and sweaty set at Hackney’s Oslo

It's a Bank Holiday Monday in Hackney. We've bucked the trend of the traditional Bank Holiday washout, but it's still a bit chilly, as proven by Hackney's ever-reducing non-hipster population joining their millennial peers in donning beanie hats and faux fur Lucy & Yak jackets. Pretty lucky that we're on our way into a packed-out show at Oslo then, eh?

12 May 2025 • 5:19 pm
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A day in the life of… BIG SPECIAL

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15 Apr 2024 • 7:00 am
Big Special have released a new single, 'This Here Ain't Water'
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Big Special have released a new single, 'This Here Ain't Water'

The track is out now via SO Recordings.

16 Jun 2023 • 1:59 pm
Big Special have dropped a new single, 'SHITHOUSE' - it's "about a rough time"
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Big Special have dropped a new single, 'SHITHOUSE' - it's "about a rough time"

The track is out now via SO Recordings.

10 May 2023 • 1:18 pm