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 from Alexander Chee’s 2018 book, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, for lyrics, exploring life as a mixed-race individual between “the ruling class” and “those who are ruled.” The instrumentals across VITAL starkly support the weight of Wattie’s words. “Of This Ilk” and the title track, which together close the five-song record, feature bouts of particularly brisk instr...
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