Big Search is the alter ego of Los Angeles songwriter Matt Popieluch. Harnessing loose echos of Fred Neil, Lindsey Buckingham, and various Beatles solo albums, Big Search's aim is to create strolling, meandering escapes best suited for headphones at home, or high travel.

To date, Big Search has released a limited edition pressing of the home recorded Lay of the Land as well as singles for "Middle Man" and "Distant Shore". Due to his short attention span, his latest, Role Reversal, was on its way to lost album status when Popieluch was encouraged by a few friends and Jaunt Records to bring it to light.

Role Reversal was recorded after his working hours at White Iris studios between 2009 and 2011, a time of personal upheaval and uncertainty. This period simultaneously saw the dissolution of his former band, Foreign Born, as well as a long term relationship, but also included the meeting of the woman he would soon marry. As a result the album surges with emotional cross currents, working in tandem and, at times, against each other. It is reflective of Big Search's large-scale embrace of all incoming forces, and their interconnectedness. Often blending points of view, time, memories, dreams and autobiography within the same song, he says he was pushing for "new levels of both self examination and natural channeling".

Role Reversal has a deliberately bare sound, with sparse, unembellished rhythms lending to the power of the intense and straightforward subject matter, exposing sensitive truths to the elements. That being said, the album is sprinkled with harmonies, horns, woodwinds, and synthesizers, including contributions from Garrett Ray, Luke Top and Brad Caulkins (Fool's Gold), Jason Quever (Papercuts), Sandra Vu (SISU, Dum Dum Girls) and some guest vocals by Cass McCombs and Jack Name.

Since the release of Role Reversal, Big Search has recorded a new album (based around his 12-string guitar) that has yet to be released and continues to play with various members of the Big Search organization across the country and abroad.