Canadian trio, BIG|BRAVE, have just announced the release of their new album, A Chaos Of Flowers, for the 19th April, simultaneously sharing a video for the single “i felt a funeral.” In addition, they have also booked an extensive 2024 UK and mainland Europe tour, including sets at Les Nuits Botanique in Brussels and Portals Festival in London. Head into the article below for the new video and more.
Pre-order A Chaos Of Flowers here.
On the creation of the video, guitarist Mathieu Ball notes, “The making of this video employed a similar process as we do when writing music. As we’ve learned to let the flow of ideas take its course, the act of creating works whether with fully formed concepts or an unfinished notion, starting the work itself acts as a sort of guide to where the final outcome may land. We realised that something more visually minimal than what we first imagined was the way to go.” By using a single-take that loosely follows vocalist Robin Wattie‘s movements, with moments of imperfection, lost focus, and fluctuations in lighting, “the performer (Robin) and the audience both partake in this visual and aural conversation together creating a more intimate visual space. The audience is led in and out of her intimate space all while being kept at safe distance. Paired with the lyrical content, it can be considered an apt representation of the elements of mental collapse – a simplified visual dance with the inner and outside world.”
“i felt a funeral” borrows from the poetry of Emily Dickinson, BIG|BRAVE embodying the inner turmoil of her words with a bold mixture of frothing chords, arcs of bending drones, delicate brushwork, and guitarist/vocalist Wattie’s resolute voice.
BIG|BRAVE’s music has been described as massive minimalism. Their fusillades of textural distortion and feedback emphasise their music’s frayed edges as much as its all-encompassing weight. The potency of the trio’s work is their singular artistry combining elements of traditional folk techniques and a modern deconstruction of guitar music. Gain, feedback, and amplitude are essential to A Chaos Of Flowers, an album that builds on their ferocious 2023 album nature morte.
A Chaos Of Flowers tracklisting:
01 i felt a funeral
02 not speaking of the ways
03 chanson pour mon ombre
04 canon : in canon
05 a song for Marie part iii
06 theft
07 quotidian : solemnity
08 moonset
Lyrically, the songs explore the most vulnerable of human experiences, how marginalisations manifest internally and externally, the inner struggles of isolation, and co-existence in nature. A Chaos of Flowers draws on catharsis and beauty as well as the quagmire of disorientation and othering. The album is a monument of simultaneous serenity and disquiet, a subtle maelstrom of internal life.
BIG|BRAVE tour dates
May 03 – Duisburg, DE – Stapeltor
May 04 – Brussels, BE – Les Nuits Botanique
May 05 – Paris, FR – Pointe Ephemere
May 06 – Bern, CH – Dachstock
May 07 – Schorndorf, DE – Club Manufaktur
May 08 – Graz, AT – Orpheum Extra
May 09 – Budapest, HU – Durer Kert
May 10 – Wien, AT – Chelsea
May 11 – Krakow, PL – Kamienna12
May 12 – Warsaw, PL – Hydrozagadka
May 14 – Prague Bike, CZ – Jesus
May 15 – Berlin, DE – Kantine am Berghain
May 16 – Aarhus, DK – VoxHall
May 17 – Sonderborg, DK – Mejeriet
May 18 – Copenhagen DK – A Colossal Weekend
May 20 – Den Haag, NL – Paard
May 21 – Antwerp, BE – Bouckenborgh
May 22 – Ramsgate, UK – Ramsgate Music Hall
May 23 – Brighton, UK – The Green Door Store
May 24 – Bristol, UK – Dareshack
May 25 – Leeds, UK – The Lending Room
May 25 – London, UK – Portals Festival
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