Album Review: nature morte by BIG|BRAVE

have faith in me, for i'll not ever err "It claims you". nature morte's opening statement is quintessentially Big|Brave: explicitly all-encompassing, yet abstract in scope. Yet, rather than sticking to this familiar realm of abating incarnations of matter and muted shiftings of space, the band's new album takes a deep breath and develops into an explicitly personal work, directing its destruction at and around the tangible.

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nature morte by BIG|BRAVE This is music of extremes: abstract in its forms and lyrical figures, but also grounded in visceral, palpable waves of sound; dissonant and volatile, punctuated by sharp swings in mood, but also profoundly integrated; keyed to the reedy fragility of Robin Wattie's voice, but also building to huge crescendos, powered by Tasy Hudson's intuitive and intense drumming and Mathieu Ball's singular techniques of amp abuse. And soon enough, Wattie reminds you that she can holler and howl with as much aggressivity as any other singer in heavy music. She can play, too, complementing Ball's sheets of sound.

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