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01. Big Mess - Rong (Vancouver)
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02. Big Mess - God Phones Moondog
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03. Big Mess - Moondog Phones God
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04. Big Mess - Hair Today
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05. Big Mess - Wainscott Bues
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06. Big Mess - Hello Paradise
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07. Big Mess - Caoutchouteuse
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08. Big Mess - Misery Blues
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ARTIST
BIG MESS
TITLE
Heroic Captains of Industry
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SAD MILK COLLECTIVE
CATALOG #
SMC 045LP
SMC 045LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
8/16/2024
"There's an insurmountable weight to
Big Mess
' music, and at times, an insurmountable wait too. The Lowell, MA based trio have earned themselves a cult like status among those in the know. To come across the heavy thud and dissonant groove of their instrumental wreckage is to fall in love with the band, but it's been seven long years since their last release (a split with New Hampshire's
Black Norse
) and nearly a decade since their last full length. You'd be excused if you'd thought they'd hung it up, but thankfully, you'd be dead wrong. Big Mess comes roaring back to life on
Heroic Captains of Industry
. The album is colossally heavy with nuanced writing that see-saws and tugs in opposing directions at will. There's a wealth of atmosphere in Big Mess' songs as chord structures push and pull, rattling in the still air, the band using repetition and space to create their void. Once you've been pulled in, there's nothing left to do but marvel in its wake. 'Caoutchouteuse,' the record's first single is a shimmering example of their spatial focus, a song that moves at a slow-pulled pace, opting for seasick progressions and the juxtaposition of sludge and open-air freedom. As the dust begins to settle, the avalanche comes toppling over. Rather than a post-rock informed crescendo though, Big Mess pull back and peel at the seams, the course a spiral rather than a straight path. It's one brilliantly unpredictable moment on an album full of them (wait til you hear its companion in 'Misery Blues'). Big Mess is back." --
Dan Goldin
(
Post-Trash
)
RIYL:
Earth
,
Exploding In Sound
,
Harvey Milk
,
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,
Son House
.
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