BIG|BRAVE’s new album A Chaos of Flowers has been nominated for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize longlist, a recognition of trio’s singular take on heavy music and minimalism. The shortlist for the prize will be announced on July 11th, with the final winner announced at the Polaris Gala on September 17th.
BIG|BRAVE are on tour this August in North America, with new European tour dates also just announced for September and October, including several performances at Avant Art Festival in Poland.
BIG|BRAVE’s music has been described as massive minimalism. Their fusillades of textural distortion and feedback emphasize 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. Lyrically, the songs explore the most vulnerable of human experiences, how marginalizations 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 2024 tour dates
Aug. 2 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz PDB *
Aug. 3 – Toronto, ON – Garrison *
Aug. 4 – Detroit, MI – Sanctuary *
Aug. 5 – Paw Paw, MI – Lucky Wolf *
Aug. 6 – Princeton, IL – Barrel Society *
Aug. 7 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry *
Aug. 8 – Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade *
Aug. 9 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen *
Aug. 10 – Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel *
Aug. 11 – St Louis, MO – The Sinkhole *
Aug. 13 – Louisville, KY – Portal *
Aug. 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roboto Project *
Aug. 15 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery *
Aug. 16 – Washington, D.C. – Pie Shop *
Aug. 17 – Philadelphia, PA – Milk Boy *
Aug. 18 – Brooklyn, NY – TV Eye *
Aug. 19 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom *
Aug. 20 – Pawtucket, RI – Machines with Magnets *
Aug. 22 – Portland, ME – The Space *
Aug. 23 – Somerville, MA – Armory/Somerglom Festival *
Sep. 19 – Wroclaw, PL – Avant Art Festival
Sep. 20 – Jena, DE – TRAFO [tickets]
Sep. 21 – Linz, AT – Steel City Sorcery
Sep. 22 – Zurich, CH – Dynamo Werk21 [tickets]
Sep. 24 – Ljubljana, SI – Kino Siska
Sep. 25 – Brno, CZ – Kabinet Muz
Sep. 26 – Warsaw, PL – Avant Art Festival
Sep. 27 – Vilnius, LI – XI20
Sep. 28 – Jelgava, LV – Melno Cepurisu Balerja [tickets]
Sep. 29 – Tallinn, EE – Paavli Kultuurivabrik
Oct. 2 – Malmö, SE – Inkonst [tickets]
Oct. 3 – Hamburg, DE – MS Stubnitz [tickets]
Oct. 5 – Lublin, PL – Avant Art Festival
Oct. 6 – Poznan, PL – Pod Minoga [tickets]
Oct. 8 – Lyon, FR – Periscope [tickets]
* w/ Spiritual Poison
