Bria Salmena: Big Dog

Limited Loser Edition on orchid vinyl, limited to 1,500 worldwide. Bria Salmena's debut solo album Big Dog chronicles a story of transformation-a deeply personal exploration of resilience and a declaration of artistic independence forged through collaboration. Long celebrated as the frontwoman of Canadian post-punk outfit FRIGS and as a vocalist in Orville Peck's live band, Salmena culminates her artistic evolution on Big Dog. Anchored by her commanding voice-alternately tender, raw, and defiant-the album traverses the terrain of vulnerability and connection, marking the arrival of an artist boldly coming into her own. Big Dog is a record of big emotions and big ambitions. Musically, the record takes elements of hypnotic krautrock and shimmery shoegaze, opulent goth and pulsing darkwave, with a smearing of electronic textures for a sophisticated and often uncanny sound. Amidst this vast sonic landscape, Salmena's potent lyrical imagery and gorgeous vocals stand dead center, perfectly in focus.  For Salmena, it is impossible to unlink the personal journey represented by Big Dog from the collaborative relationships that went into it's creation. Salmena worked with producer and multi-instrumentalist Duncan Hay Jennings in both FRIGS and Orville Peck's band. Jennings, who is not only Salmena's closest creative collaborator but also her closest friend, wrote Big Dog with Salmena over several years, during which Salmena was based in LA and Jennings in Toronto. Before Big Dog, the two gave classic and modern Americana songs a goth-y dream pop treatment on Salmena's Cuntry Covers EPs.  Graham Walsh (Holy F*k, METZ, Debby Friday, Alvvays) helped the pair further refine their budding mix of rock and electronic music, while Meg Remy (of critically acclaimed experimental pop project U.S. Girls) focused primarily on Salmena's vocals. Remy helped coax out the unforgettable performances that lie at the center of Big Dog through a series of cathartic meetings, pushing Salmena to dig even more deeply into the meaning of her lyrics and really think about different ways of using her voice. As Big Dog came together, it became apparent that Salmena's songwriting had taken a raw and intimate turn, going well beyond her and Jennings' work on their prior EPs. Big Dog's sound hovers between two worlds, gritty punk honesty always simmering below gleaming atmospherics, impossible to ignore. There are alternative rock touchstones-you'll hear Live Through This, The Distillers, Mazzy Star -and one genuine alternative rock icon in Lee Ranaldo, who contributes guitar to "See'er." But there's also a sleekness that's just as much a callback to '80s coldwave as it is to ecstatic forms of dance music. Salmena's rich voice is ever-present, a constant warm glow within a mesh of mechanical sounds. At it's core, Big Dog is more than just a record about discovering who you are by processing painful experiences. It's a record about discovering that you are never really alone.

1. Drastic
2. Backs of Birds
3. Closer to You
4. Hammer
5. Radisson
6. Twilight
7. On the Line
8. Stretch the Struggle
9. Rags
10. See'er
11. Peanut
12. Water Memory

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