Montreal trio BIG|BRAVE are back with their second album in as many years, led by the thunderously droning new single, "i felt a funeral."
A Chaos of Flowers arrives April 19 via Thrill Jockey. It follows — and builds upon — last year's nature morte, one of the Best Albums of 2023.
Described in press notes as "disquieting and serene," A Chaos of Flowers makes heavy-handed use of gain, amplitude and feedback to draw catharsis out of both beauty and alienation by combining a modern deconstruction of guitar music and traditional folk techniques.
The one-take video for Emily Dickinson homage "i felt a funeral" stands as a testament to the band's signature maximal minimalism. "The making of this video employed a similar process as we do when writing music," guitarist Mathieu Ball said in a release. "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 realized that something more visually minimal than what we first imagined was the way to go."
Find the video for the opening track below, as well as the full album tracklist.
A Chaos of Flowers:
1. i felt a funeral
2. not speaking of the ways
3. chanson pour mon ombre
4. canon : in canon
5. a song for Marie part iii
6. theft
7. quotidian : solemnity
8. moonset
Pre-order A Chaos of Flowers.
A Chaos of Flowers arrives April 19 via Thrill Jockey. It follows — and builds upon — last year's nature morte, one of the Best Albums of 2023.
Described in press notes as "disquieting and serene," A Chaos of Flowers makes heavy-handed use of gain, amplitude and feedback to draw catharsis out of both beauty and alienation by combining a modern deconstruction of guitar music and traditional folk techniques.
The one-take video for Emily Dickinson homage "i felt a funeral" stands as a testament to the band's signature maximal minimalism. "The making of this video employed a similar process as we do when writing music," guitarist Mathieu Ball said in a release. "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 realized that something more visually minimal than what we first imagined was the way to go."
Find the video for the opening track below, as well as the full album tracklist.
A Chaos of Flowers:
1. i felt a funeral
2. not speaking of the ways
3. chanson pour mon ombre
4. canon : in canon
5. a song for Marie part iii
6. theft
7. quotidian : solemnity
8. moonset
Pre-order A Chaos of Flowers.