Big Brave

{{Short description|Canadian heavy metal band}}

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| origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| genre = experimental, drone doom, post-metal, doom metal

| years_active = 2012–present

| label = Thrill Jockey, Southern Lord

| website = {{URL|www.bigbrave.ca}}

| current_members = Robin Wattie
Mathieu Ball
Tasy Hudson

| past_members = Louis-Alexandre Beauregard

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Big Brave (stylized as BIG | BRAVE) is a Canadian heavy, experimental band formed in 2012 in Montreal.Jenn Pelly, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/22/montreal-metallers-big-brave-on-doom-despondency-and-emily-dickinson-were-sick-as-a-species "Montreal metallers Big Brave on doom, despondency and Emily Dickinson: ‘We’re sick as a species’"]. The Guardian, April 22, 2024. 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,{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Stuart |title=BIG{{!}}BRAVE: A Chaos of Flowers |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/big-brave-a-chaos-of-flowers/ |date=April 24, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} 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,David Friend, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-daniel-lanois-savannah-re-charlotte-cardin-make-long-list-of-polaris/ "Daniel Lanois, Savannah Ré, Charlotte Cardin make long list of Polaris Music Prize"]. The Globe and Mail, June 16, 2021. the 2023 Polaris Music Prize for nature morte,[https://www.cbc.ca/music/2023-polaris-music-prize-long-list-feist-jessie-reyez-and-more-1.6871592 "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more"]. CBC Music, June 13, 2023. and the 2024 Polaris Music Prize for A Chaos of Flowers.[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/heres-the-2024-polaris-music-prize-long-list "Here's the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Long List"]. Exclaim!, June 11, 2024.