The Bigness
Photo: Danie Harris

The Bigness is the Ithaca, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Kristin Bigness.

Bigness’s ethereal voice and introspective lyrics have been the pillars of the band’s sound as it’s evolved from folk to powerpop, to hook-laden indie pop. Influences include Jenny Lewis, Emily Haines, Waxahatchee, and Maggie Rogers.

Since moving to Ithaca in 2021, Bigness and her partner, John Bueno, have performed at Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival (backing Jennie Lowe Stearns) and on Ithaca’s WRFI (backing Young Legs). They are currently working on an EP with their newfound local collaborators. It is slated for release in 2025.

Bigness grew up in a musical family, starting piano lessons in the first grade. She began writing music and formed her first band in the basement at age 11. Since then, she’s played both leading and supporting roles in half a dozen bands spanning genres and instruments. She has opened for artists such as Ted Leo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Arum Rae.

Over their 10-year tenure in Philadelphia, The Bigness performed on stages of every size throughout the northeast corridor, including Philadelphia’s premier July 4th festival, the largest July 4th celebration in America. Philadelphia’s WXPN called The Bigness’s second album, Time Traveler, “a glorious pop record in the vein of Belly and 90s R.E.M.; recorded with the prolific Jeff Zeigler, the album’s songs are a radiant reflection on life and death, on the temporal onslaught and the things left behind in its wake.”