Hydra Head Records has announced the signing of Big Business. The band features Jared of Karp and The Whip as well as Cody of Dead Low Tide / The Murder City Devils. The band has been touring up and down the West Coast throughout 2004 and will be recording a full length with Phil Ek (Built To Spill, Modest Mouse) in August for a January 2005 release.

Also, Hydra Head is reporting that Old Man Gloom's new album Christmas is finished. It's out in July 27th, but you have a few days left to catch a special preorder through their website that comes with a special edition t-shirt. You can check it out in the HydraHeadShop.