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BIG|BRAVE ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES THIS SPRING IN SUPPORT OF THEIR FOURTH FULL LENGTH A GAZE AMONG THEM OUT NOW ON SOUTHERN LORD

Posted on: January 8, 2020

REVISIT THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “SIBLING” BY MATHIEU BALL & ROBIN WATTIE

BIG|BRAVE are returning to Europe in April and May for a wide reaching tour in support of their fourth opus A Gaze Among Them released by Southern Lord last year. Opening the tour with their second appearance at Roadburn Festival, followed by dates in the UK and beyond – dates, details and tour poster below. Joining them for three dates will be violinist and sound artist Jessica Moss, who has toured with, and appeared on BIG|BRAVE’s previous album.

Since their inception in 2012, BIG|BRAVE have explored terrains of experimental rock with a clear focus on the key principles; space, volume, and raw emotion. The essence of BIG | BRAVE’s magic has always been the way they balance these dynamics, and particularly how much sheer power comes from the beautifully quiet moments. 

BIG | BRAVE LIVE DATES:
19/04 Tilburg Netherlands – Roadburn *
20/04 Paris France – La Boule Noire *
21/04 London UK – Electrowerkz *
22/04 Brighton UK – The Hope & Ruin
23/04 Norfolk UK – Norwich Arts Centre
24/04 Glasgow UK – Nice N Sleazy
26/04 Newcastle UK – The Cluny
28/04 Nantes France – La Scène Michelet
30/04 Madrid Spain – Wurlitzer Ballroom
01/05 Lisboa Portugal – ZDB
02/05 Porto Portugal – Maus Hábitos
03/05 Oviedo Spain – La Lata de Zinc
06/05 Barcelona Spain – Sala VOL
07/05 Talence France – Antirouille
08/05 Lyon France – Le Farmer
09/05 Zürich Switzerland – Rote Fabrik
10/05 Piacenza Italy – ChezArt
12/05 Vienna Austria – Grillx
13/05 Budapest Hungary – Három Holló
14/05 Prague Czech Republic – Klubovna
15/05 Wroclaw Poland – Into The Abyss
16/05 Gdansk Poland – Dizzy Grizzly
17/05 Berlin Germany – ZUKUNFT am Ostkreuz
19/05 Moscow Russia – Bumazhnaya Fabrika
20/05 St. Petersburg Russia – Serdce
21/05 Tallinn Estonia – Sveta Baar
23/05 Zottegem Belgium – Dunk! Festival
24/05 Waregem Belgium – W-Fest
* with Jessica Moss

“The heaviness of their music resists falling into stoner/sludge mode, but there is huge weight attached to them that, when it hits, is a flooring experience…A Gaze Among Them has the power to crush and caress in equal measures.” – 4* RECORD COLLECTOR

“Their fourth full length is as sparse and explorative as ever, but it’s rendered this time in accessible technicolour…A Gaze Among Them remains steadfastly bold…This newfound confidence suits vocalist/guitarist Robin Wattie, her voice sounding by turns otherworldly, and toweringly defiant, BIG| BRAVE have turned sonic minimalism into a kaleidoscopic experience that becomes increasingly compulsive with each listen.” – 8/10 METAL HAMMER

“a work of shattering weight and magnificence. The fight to be objective about Big|Brave is futile; this band will touch and disturb you like no other, in ways you never thought you could be. Forget classic of its genre: A Gaze Among Them is a classic of its time.” – 9/10 GHOST CULT

“Big | Brave sound utterly unique, like they’ve passed through a secret aperture into territory as yet unexplored by others” – 4.5/5 MUSIC OMH

“A Gaze Among Them is a precious album of truly beautiful aural elation which should be enough to lift the heaviest of hearts.” – 8/10, THE 405

BIG|BRAVE Announces Fourth LP, A Gaze Among Them, Set For Release Via Southern Lord May 10th; Trailer, Album Details, And Tour Dates Posted

Posted on: March 5, 2019

BIG|BRAVE has announced their incoming fourth LP, A Gaze Among Them, set for release May 10th through Southern Lord. A brief trailer for the album, as well as its cover art and other details have been revealed. The band has also posted North American and European spring tour dates supporting the album.
 
Since their inception in 2012, BIG|BRAVE has explored terrains of experimental rock with a clear focus on the key principles; space, volume, and raw emotion. The essence of BIG|BRAVE‘s magic has always been the way they balance these dynamics, and particularly how much sheer power comes from the beautifully quiet moments.
 
A Gaze Among Them features Robin Wattie (vocals, electric guitar, guitar amp, bass amp), Mathieu Ball (electric guitar, guitar amps), and Loel Campbell (drums) with guest appearances from Thierry Amar (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt Zion) on Contrabass and Seth Manchester’s synth overdubs. The album was recorded with Seth Manchester at Machine with Magnets in Pawtucket Rhode Island. The beautiful image adorning the cover, created by Wattie, further demonstrates how BIG|BRAVE has blossomed. The trio sounds rejuvenated and confident, and A Gaze Among Them is the sound of a band truly honing their craft and feeling totally satisfied with it. Compelling. Necessary. Important.
 
The same principles are the starting point for BIG|BRAVE‘s new album, only the approach is different, beginning with the question, “How do we take very little and make something bigger than what we actually have?” Vocalist/guitarist Robin Wattie explains further: “The biggest challenge was to not do what is easiest. i.e. what we knew worked for the last albums or what is, for us; easy to write. With A Gaze Among Them, Mathieu and I put ourselves through the ringer – I did not want to do what seemed to me to be a ‘logical next step’ in what we could do musically. I wanted to go back to our original concepts and work from there – space, tension, minimalism, and voice (finding melody and musicality in pieces that consist of one note for longer than ten minutes, for example) were the primary concentrations I wanted to push.”
 
In the process of revisiting their early intentions, BIG|BRAVE has boldly evolved, emerging with a thrilling new body of work that is all at once refreshingly new, explosively heavy, dynamically loud, beautifully minimal, carefully repetitive, and utterly cathartic.
 
See a brief trailer for BIG|BRAVE’s A Gaze Among Them RIGHT HERE.
 
Look for A Gaze Among Them to be available May 10th via Southern Lord; preorders will be available shortly.
 
A Gaze Among Them Track Listing:

  1. Muted Shifting Of Space
  2. Holding Pattern
  3. Body Individual 
  4. This Deafening Verity
  5. Sibling
     

BIG|BRAVE has announced spring tour dates in North America and Europe including dates with Daughters, Mydisco, and more. The band will be on tour through the summer; watch for more dates to be posted in the weeks ahead.
 
BIG|BRAVE Tour Dates:
3/10/2019 Lee’s Place – Toronto, ON *
3/12/2019 The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA *
3/13/2019 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY *
5/16/2019 Musikverein – Nurnberg, DE ^
5/17/2019 Spree – Berlin, DE ^
5/18/2019 LAS – Poznan, PL ^
5/19/2019 TBA – Prague, CZ ^
5/21/2019 Patronaat – Haarlem, NL ^
5/22/2019 Kavka – Antwerp, BE ^
5/23/2019 Le Bulle Cafe – Lille, FR ^
5/24/2019 Rough Trade – Bristol, UK @ Raw Power Festival
5/27/2019 The Cluny – Newcastle, UK ^
5/29/2019 Instants Chavirés – Paris, FR ^
5/30/2019 Magasin 4 – Brussels, BE ^
6/01/2019 Gaswerk – Winterthur, CH ^
6/03/2019 Cairo – Wurzburg, DE ^
6/04/2019 Schute – Hamburg, DE ^
6/11/2019 La Sala Rossa – Montreal, QC

  • w/ Daughters 
    ^ w/ Mydisco

“BIG|BRAVE are big and oceanic, their music flowing and crashing like waves…Robin Wattie’s clear, piercing vocals, which occupy an emotional zone right at the point between ecstasy and abject despair.” – Pitchfork

“BIG|BRAVE have somehow made a ruthlessly loud record that is also fascinating, and consistently elegant.” – Drowned In Sound

Review copies of A Gaze Among Them will be released shortly. For coverage of BIG|BRAVE in the Americas contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and abroad contact lauren@rarelyunable.com.

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