Take a yacht ride in space, with the new Big Fresh record blasting out of the portholes. More hooks than an android can compute. Post-modern pop formations. Sleek wave of swirling harmonies, horns and electronic bliss. Humming like a child with a crystal radio.

This is the cosmic-scale pop of Moneychasers, the new album by Big Fresh, available October 11 on vinyl, CD and download on Garden Gate Records. Self-produced by the Kentucky avant-garde pop collective and engineered by Craig Morris in his hand-built Garden Gate Studio (Apples in stereo, Thee American Revolution, Jeff Mangum, Lami-nated Cat, etc.), the new album explodes with inventive catchiness and production details.

Big Fresh, a ten-member collective, has expanded like the universe since 2009’s ambi-tious home-recorded B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever); they’ve been joined by a new singer (Kate Drof), a horn section, and two additional multi-instrumentalists. With John Ferguson and Ben Phelan having joined world-touring indie band The Apples in stereo, Big Fresh shows have been sighted, but are farther between�"yet in the studio, madly writing and producing, the band has evolved like a star cluster.

The result is a stellar LP lying in a galactic sector between Tusk and R. Stevie Moore. Adding horns and the lush voice of Drof into their elaborate arrangements brings out the Fleetwood Mac influence on Big Fresh, and the R. Stevie Moore element is no accident: Vocalist/songwriter John Ferguson spent his childhood having the hyper-creative lo-fi pioneer as a sort of uncle, appearing on Moore’s recordings and immersed in his process.

In addition to filling your mind with smooth, joyful music, Moneychasers aims to challenge your game-playing skills: The band created an absurdist board game that makes up the album artwork. Now it is your move.
Seal the hatch. Engage forward thrusters. Beam in some friends, press play and blast off.