Big Love Car Wash

Like the music they play, Big Love Car Wash is full of dichotomies: whimsical yet serious, fanciful yet pragmatic, filled with lofty dreams yet grounded in reality.

Sol Chase, Everett Wren, David Rabinowicz and Taylor Turner discovered that magic the first time they shared a stage together, when Chase hired them all by chance for a bluegrass gig in Austin in 2022. From the first couple songs, they had what musicians sometimes call “stage telepathy.”

Leaning into their love of bluegrass, folk, jazz, Celtic and rock idioms, they honed an Americana-oriented, bluegrass-steeped sound that’s built on rich traditions, yet boldly exploratory.

That’s evident in the first of three sets of double-sided singles, “Dream Journal” and “Janna (She’s Still at Sea),” grouped under the title “Vignettes I: Quiet Reverie.” With soothing notes of gentle bluegrass-folk and themes of self reflection, mourning, and moving on, each song offers a dynamic and unique take on familiar stories and sounds.

Both songs reflect the band’s emphasis on connection: with one another, fans and their own thoughts and emotions. They’re empaths in tune with the world around them and each other's physical and mental health, and they refer to themselves as a “found family.”

The band’s name came from the late Yonder Mountain String Band frontman and jamgrass luminary Jeff Austin. Austin once proclaimed that the vibe he was received from a connected audience felt like moving through “a big love car wash.”