BIG BRAVE – A Chaos of Flowers – LP – Black Vinyl

LP – Standard Edition Black Vinyl.

A Chaos Of Flowers is an album that builds on their ferocious 2023 album nature morte. BIG|BRAVEs music has been described as massive minimalism. Their fusillades of textural distortion and feedback emphasize their musics frayed edges as much as its
all-encompassing weight. The potency of the trios work is their singular artistry combining elements of traditional folk techniques and a modern deconstruction of guitar music. Gain, feedback, and amplitude are essential.

For A Chaos Of Flowers guitarist/vocalist Robin Wattie drew heavily on the poems of artists whom Wattie found kinship in, their words resonant with experiences of those
often sidelined by cultural norms. I discovered that most poems from folk traditions or in the public domain seem to be by men to which I could not quite relate. In my search, I rediscovered some of my favourite works and poets, says Wattie. Guitarist Mathieu Ball and drummer Tasy Hudson help Wattie shape poetry into pieces as dense and impenetrable as they are vulnerable.

BIG|BRAVE achieve their colossal sound through minimalist approaches, a deft understanding of dynamics and an inventive employment of percussion and distortion. The trio reconceptualize what it is to be heavy or minimal, challenging perceptions with their illumination of painfully overlooked perspectives. Guest guitarist Marisa Anderson lends earthen, blues-inflected atmospheres to the album, where guitarist Tashi Dorji and saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi amplify the squall. Working closely with frequent collaborator and producer/engineer Seth Manchester, the internal tumult of Watties voice rings out in warbles, haunting echoes, and unearthly harmonies across bold immense walls of distortion.

BIG|BRAVE have collaborated with metal monsters The Body on a previous Thrill Jockey release, Leaving None But Small Birds, and have toured internationally with bands like SUMAC, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, SUNN O))), and Lingua Ignota. As they continue to ascend in their journey as pioneers in the contemporary metal scene, its safe to say that BIG|BRAVE are here to stay.

Tracklist:

1. i felt a funeral
2. not speaking of the ways
3. chanson pour mon ombre
4. canon : in canon
5. a song for Marie part iii
6. theft
7. quotidian : solemnity
8. moonset