Hearing loss inspires The Big Moon’s joyful, life-affirming fourth album
Juliette Jackson’s experience of hearing loss after a cholesteatoma diagnosis became the starting point for The Big Moon’s fourth album, *Forever*. Instead of continuing to write songs she found too miserable, she imagined a happy ending, turning a period of fear and frustration into an exuberant pop-disco record.
The album’s bright sound gives its songs about everyday joys and life’s fleeting moments an added emotional weight. “Gravity” finds rapture in picking up her child from nursery, while “F.O.R.E.V.E.R” urges listeners to value milestones and moments as they pass. The review describes the result as joyful, uplifting and convincing.
In short
- Hearing loss prompted Jackson to rethink her songwriting.
- *Forever* turns difficult experiences into hopeful pop-disco.
- Its songs celebrate everyday joy and life’s fleeting moments.
Explained simply
The Big Moon are a British band led by singer and songwriter Juliette Jackson. Their fourth album, Forever, grew out of Jackson’s experience of hearing loss after she was diagnosed with a cholesteatoma, a condition affecting the ear.
The diagnosis brought fear and frustration, and Jackson found that writing miserable songs no longer suited her. She instead imagined a happy ending, shaping the album as bright pop-disco songs about family life, everyday pleasures and moments that do not last.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “The Big Moon: Forever review – the hell of hearing loss inspires a defiantly hopeful pop-disco marvel”.