VITAL, the fifth full-length album from the Montreal post-metal trio BIG|BRAVE, packs trance-like waves of musical tension, as if sinking through quicksand.  The sonically majestic record, released in April by Southern Lord Recordings, thematically explores living through present-day racialization, as reflected by lead single “Half Breed.” On that song, vocalist and guitarist Robin Wattie uses a passage [...]