Expansive Heart

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| name = Expansive Heart

| type = EP

| artist = Big Rig

| cover = expansiveheart.jpg

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| released = 12 July 1994

| recorded = 1993

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| studio = Art of Ears Studios, San Francisco, California

| genre = Punk rock

| length = 9:02

| label = Lookout! Records

| producer = Andy Ernst and Big Rig

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Expansive Heart is the debut EP and only release by California punk band Big Rig. It was released July 12, 1994 on Lookout! Records. In 2020, Oakland, California record label 1-2-3-4 Go! Records announced they would be re-releasing 1000 copies of the EP on vinyl.{{cite web |last1=Wolfe |first1=Jordan |title=Interview: Jesse Michaels talks new Classics of Love and more |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-jesse-michaels-talks-new-classics-of-love-and-more/ |website=New Noise Magazine |access-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121125557/https://newnoisemagazine.com/interview-jesse-michaels-talks-new-classics-of-love-and-more/ |archive-date=21 January 2021 |date=25 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Expansive Heart

| length1 = 2:14

| title2 = Will Alone

| length2 = 2:02

| title3 = New Fist

| length3 = 2:20

| title4 = Persistence

| length4 = 2:26

|total_length = 9:02

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from EP liner notes and Discogs.{{Cite AV media notes|title=Expansive Heart|others=Big Rig|year=1994|type=liner notes|publisher=Lookout Records|id=Lookout Records Number 94|location=Berkeley, California}}{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Big-Rig-Expansive-Heart/release/1083761|title=Big Rig – Expansive Heart|website=Discogs|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}

Big Rig

  • Jesse Michaelslead vocals
  • Doug Sangalang – guitar, vocals {{small|(4)}}
  • Kevin Cross – guitar, vocals {{small|(4)}}
  • Jeremy Goody – bass, vocals {{small|(4)}}
  • Brandon Riggen – drums, vocals {{small|(4)}}

Production

  • Andy Ernst – engineering, production
  • Big Rig – production

References

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