BIG|BRAVE have shared “an uttering of antipathy,” another slab of slow-blooming heaviness from their upcoming album in grief or in hope. The record is due June 12, 2026, and the official Bandcamp page lists the song as track seven, with three songs available now for pre-order listeners.
The Bandcamp page frames in grief or in hope as a denser, more guitar-oriented turn for the Montreal experimental heavy band, with longtime touring bassist Liam Andrews joining guitarist/vocalist Robin Wattie and guitarist Mathieu Ball in the studio for the first time. The album’s credits also list Seth Manchester on synthesizer, production, engineering, and mixing, with mastering by Heba Kadry.
“an uttering of antipathy” runs 6:56, and the official lyrics move in a tight spiral: “god only blames me / god only blames me / only blames me / you only blame me.” Consequence named it Heavy Song of the Week, pointing to the way the track’s emotional weight sits inside turbulent noise rather than simply brute force.
After several challenging days in the studio, when it was time to structure and record the track, Liam, Robin and I recorded the entire song in a single take in the live room.
Lambgoat reports that the track comes with an official video and quotes Ball explaining that its chord progression grew out of the band’s live rendition of “chanson pour mon ombre.” Ball also says the vocals, with subtle autotune, helped pull the song together and made it one of his favorites on the record.
That detail lines up with the album notes, which describe “an uttering of antipathy” as pairing “mountainous chords” with autotuned phrases. BIG|BRAVE have always treated heaviness as pressure, not just volume; here, the pressure feels internal, metallic, and weirdly tender even when the song is grinding its teeth.
If the rest of in grief or in hope follows this path, it could be one of the year’s more emotionally bruising heavy records: not catharsis as release, exactly, but catharsis as sitting in the room until the walls start speaking back.