BIG STIR RECORDS is proud to introduce the third of our trio of all-star Baltimore indie rock heroes: THE RIDGELEYS, with an esteemed lineup intertwined with their fellow Maryland-based BSR bands THE GREENBERRY WOODS and SPLITSVILLE, and a hook-centered piano/guitar based power pop sound all their own.

Would THE RIDGELEYS be considered a “supergroup”? The members of the Baltimore power trio certainly have the résumés to warrant it. Guitarist Tony Waddy (Splitsville), bassist/pianist Paul Krysiak (Splitsville, The Greenberry Woods, Myracle Brah), and drummer Joe Parsons (Greenberry Woods, Myracle Brah, Love Nut, even a teenage stint in The Records) have logged a combined century with some of the leading lights of the power pop scene. That experience shows on The Ridgeleys’ eponymous debut album, out January 27 from BSR, in the form of hook-filled, sophisticated songcraft delivered with a trademark sense of both levity and brevity (11 tracks, 31 minutes, including a “medley” that doesn't crack the two minute mark).

As with Splitsville’s Mobtown (2025) and The Greenberry Woods’ It’s All Good, Sugar… (2026), three rotating lead vocalists are buoyed by sugary backup harmonies and sparkling guitars atop a signature crunch and thump. In a first, nearly half the songs in the eclectic collection are built around Krysiak’s piano – at times McCartneyesque, elsewhere veering into Ben Folds, Joe Jackson, and even Keane territory. Transforming those influences into something all their own are Waddy’s gunslinger guitar heroics, seeming to hail from somewhere on the classier end of the Sunset Strip, and Parsons’ brawny percussion assault, somehow conveying both punk and prog Rock simultaneously.

The Ridgeleys may be a lot to take in all at once, from aching balladry to pure silliness and all points in between. But for those who accept the challenge, satisfying rewards await. Winter constitutes the perfect backdrop for the unleashing of the preview singles “Call Out The Snowplows” and “(Winter In) San Diego,” but when the full album hits it will reveal The Ridgeleys to be a band for all seasons, and, emblematic of the Big Stir Records roster as the label head into its 10th year, a new voice on the global indie pop scene with a rich history, the ambition to push the form forward, and the chemistry to deliver earworms for the ages.