Founded by Jordan Fairless (bass, vocals), former co-founding member of Spafford, and Luke Schwartz (guitar, vocals) — whose credits span the Glenn Branca Ensemble and collaborative work with Thomas Newman, Rick Cox, and Jon Hassell — Big Deep delivers clever, melodic songwriting with indie soul and harmonic depth.

Big Deep was born in Woodstock, New York. After years of relentless touring and a life-altering collision, Fairless stepped away from the highway and into a period of rebuilding, reflection, and renewed creative purpose. In the Hudson Valley, he found an ideal collaborator in Schwartz, a downtown experimentalist whose musical language was shaped by New York's avant-garde tradition and a wide-ranging body of compositional work.

Together they built Big Deep — a project that began as a naive discovery of what's possible when you stop long enough to listen. The sound is indie rock with expansive groove and addictive melody; '90s alternative grit wrapped in southern soul with a honky-tonk sway over soaring synths and an unstoppable drum groove that is both modern and grounded at once. The result is something that feels good to be around.

Fairless and Schwartz have synthesized their vast experience into a sound that prioritizes pocket-heavy rhythms and melodic earnestness. It's melody-forward but rhythm-possessed — songs that feel intimate but expand outward, music that moves like groove-rock with funk in its bones and the restless energy of the city flowing through its veins.

With keyboardist Kevin Cooper and drummer PJ Holaday completing the band, Big Deep feels like a second wind you didn't see coming.

Jordan Fairless (Bass/Vocals) Luke Schwartz (Guitar/Vocals) Kevin Cooper (Keys/Vocals) PJ Holaday (Drums)