Core. Preshow: Big|Brave

Core, with Big|Brave as the preshow act, at Nice N Sleazy in Scotland. Big|Brave is a Canadian avant-garde metal trio that blends folk, doom metal and post-rock.

Big|Brave is a Canadian trio formed in 2014 and signed to Southern Lord Records. Its sound mixes avant-garde metal with folk, doom metal and post-rock. The debut album, Feral Verdure, appeared in 2014, and the 2015 album Au De La revisited melodic ideas from its title track. Robin Wattie sings and plays guitar, Mathieu Ball plays guitar, and Liam Andrews, a longtime touring bassist who also plays with MY DISCO and Aicher, joined them in the studio for the first time on the tenth album, in grief or in hope.

That record moves towards denser, guitar-led pieces, pairing drone, electronic and heavy music with a pop song structure. Looped textures and affected vocals sit alongside delicate passages, and the songs were partly recorded live. Wattie has described the aim as catchy, melodic phrasing set against intense instrumentation and drony chord changes. The standout track is "the ineptitude for mutual discernment", which echoes the melodies of Feral Verdure and links the new material to the band's earlier work.

Big|Brave are the preshow act for this evening, ahead of Core. Nice N Sleazy hosts concerts and shows in Scotland, and the evening takes place there.