For a little over a decade, Montrealers BIG|BRAVE have been paving their way in the less explored lands of raw rock, somewhere between the corrosive sound of metal’s corrosive guitars and the languid, experimental structures of Godspeed-style post-rock. You! Black Emperor. A Chaos of Flowers can be listened to as a response, more nuanced and thoughtful, to the storm of decibels received on its previous still life (2023). As menacing as it is contemplative, the trio, led by the angelic voice of composer and guitarist Robin Wattie, draws inspiration from folk songs and the work of remarkable authors (Emily Dickinson, Esther Popel, among others) to offer the most disturbing , but paradoxically also the most immediately accessible, album in his brilliant discography. Mathieu Ball’s guitars roar (except that of the American Marisa Anderson, sparing on her two collaborations), Tasy Hudson’s drums would accompany a jazz trio, and in the gap between these styles emerges a visceral work like no other heard this year. year.
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