‘I FELT Afuneral in my brain.’ With these words, this Canadian experimental trio, who seamlessly blend elements of doom and folk, open their sixth standalone full-length. The phrase, uttered delicately and imbued with the innocence of a child by vocalist/ guitarist Robin Wattie, is set over the straining, strangulated reverberant tone of a bowed piano. The effect is one of immediate absorption, a quiet minimalist moment that signals to the listener that the next 40 minutes is going to be an intimate yet otherworldly experience by which they will be indelibly marked.
In a sense, this shouldn’t be a surprise. Big | Brave have been steadily refining their singular approach to doom and reinvention of tension-release dynamics since their humble beginnings in 2012, exploring an increasingly experimental and singular vision where each albumthe minimalist use of space and moments of near silence add depth and extraordinary emotional heft to the album’s expulsions of noise and
