Big Brave

Big Brave
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	experimental, drone doom, post-metal, doom metal
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Thrill Jockey, Southern Lord
Members	Robin Wattie Mathieu Ball Tasy Hudson
Past members	Louis-Alexandre Beauregard
Website	www.bigbrave.ca

Big Brave (stylized as BIG | BRAVE) is a Canadian heavy, experimental band formed in 2012 in Montreal. ^[1] The members are guitarist/vocalist Robin Wattie, guitarist Mathieu Ball, and drummer Tasy Hudson.

While Wattie and Ball are original members, having played together as an acoustic, folk oriented duo before forming Big Brave, ^[2] Hudson joined them in 2019, replacing original drummer Louis-Alexandre Beauregard. Loel Campbell appears on A Gaze Among Them as a hired drummer.

Big Brave have released seven studio albums, the latest being 2024's A Chaos of Flowers and one collaborative album with The Body in 2021, Leaving None but Small Birds.

They have been three-time Polaris Music Prize nominees, with longlist nods at the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for Vital, ^[3] the 2023 Polaris Music Prize for nature morte, ^[4] and the 2024 Polaris Music Prize for A Chaos of Flowers. ^[5]

Members

Current members

• Robin Wattie – guitars, vocals (since 2012)
• Mathieu Ball – guitars (since 2012)
• Tasy Hudson – drums (since 2020)

Former members

• Loel Campbell – drums (2017–2020)
• Louis-Alexandre Beauregard — drums (2012–2017)

Discography

Studio albums

• Feral Verdure (2014)
• Au De La (2015)
• Ardor (2017)
• A Gaze Among Them (2019)
• Vital (2021)
• Leaving None but Small Birds (2021, with The Body)
• Nature Morte (2023)
• A Chaos of Flowers (2024)
• OST (2025)

EP

• An Understanding Between People (2012)

References

1. Jenn Pelly, "Montreal metallers Big Brave on doom, despondency and Emily Dickinson: ‘We’re sick as a species’". The Guardian , April 22, 2024.
2. Berman, Stuart (April 24, 2024). "BIG|BRAVE: A Chaos of Flowers". Pitchfork .
3. David Friend, "Daniel Lanois, Savannah Ré, Charlotte Cardin make long list of Polaris Music Prize". The Globe and Mail , June 16, 2021.
4. "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more". CBC Music, June 13, 2023.
5. "Here's the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Long List". Exclaim! , June 11, 2024.