Grace Gardner and Buffchick make a strong argument for laying your heart on the line anyway in their newest single, "Big Picture." A revelatory mix of folk and soft rock, "Big Picture" is an emotional slow burn. Grace's hallmark harmonies hug twangy guitars, crafting a world where queerness and longing live alongside each other. "Big Picture" grapples with the devastating uncertainty of unrequited or unmoving love, that dizzying limbo between hope and fear, in which a confession can close that gap or rip it open. It's both intimate and expansive, sonically delicate but emotionally seismic.
Grace has established itself as a purveyor of raw, evocative storytelling, and "Big Picture" is no exception. Their genre-spanning sound draws from a lifetime of influences, 70s classics from their parent's record collection, the southern folk of their Texas upbringing, and the soulful sounds of their time in New Orleans. This ability to weave all of these components into something distinctly theirs allows them to shine on the road with the likes of Adam Melchor, Ella Jane, and Frances Forever.
With Buffchick's atmospheric touch paired with Grace's sanguine, melancholic vocals, "Big Picture" gives the same feeling of a late-night drive, your headlights cutting through the darkness ahead, but your destination unknown. It's a song for everyone who has held back from saying "I love you," afraid of what comes after but knowing, deep down, that some feelings are too big to ignore.