Name: Ardor
Brand: Big / Brave

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

lord241

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Download code: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-09-15

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Signed copies: No

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

808720024128

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Big / Brave

Genre GB

Metal

Label GB

Southern Lord

Southern Lord is a leading metal label founded by Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley in 1998. Known for releasing experimental, drone, and doom metal projects, they have worked with renowned bands such as Boris, Sunn o))), Earth, Weedeater, and Goatsnake. In addition to these genres, Southern Lord also releases death metal, grindcore, hardcore and punk projects.

As with their previous release, Ardor was recorded a the Hotel2Tango, this time by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (of Jerusalem In My Heart). Jessica Moss (Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra), who was a special guest on Au De La, played violin on all of the three new tracks and Thierry Amar (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) played contrabass on two of the tracks. While the teaser barely tips one minute, it speaks volumes regarding what’s to come in Big | Brave’s next endeavor; swirling static, booming guitars, powerful drums—all the hallmarks that have made them one of experimental rock’s most exciting acts today. With just three songs that clock in for a 40-minute-long LP, Big | Brave have adopted a nearly unbearable level of urgency and intensity that weaves throughout Ardor. Since their inception in 2012, Big | Brave demonstrate the fluidity of experimental rock when elaborated into vast, abstract, and often hypnotic sounds, saturated in soulbaring emotion. The trio put everything into their music, until there's nothing left to give. Their particular art in musical refinement expands ever gradually, unfurling into a very heavy, strong, and elevating force. As comfortable as they are with tidal waves of sound, Big | Brave is unafraid to experiment with silence, oscillating between sparse, gentle arrangements and deep swells of noise

Ardor

Music GB