Stumbled on this record recently, out through great brisbane indie El Nino El Nino. Some really well written tracks here, not to far from Wilco or early Ben Kweller. Sofia by Big Strong Brute [MP3] Big Strong Brute – Small Town
Bigstrongbrute - 'You Were Always Right' (mp3) Two of my housemates have been raving about Bigstrongbrute for a long time now, and both of them have better taste in music than me. However, one of them has been teasing me mercilessly for liking Sarah McLeod , and the other one's cat shat in my bedroom, so I've been disregarding their sentiments on music until I can get the smell of cat waste out of my clothing. It's been my loss. Paul Donoughue is from the Conor Oberst/Elliot Smith school [...]
BigStrongBrute - We Can Sleep Under Trees in The Morning Oh what, it's just another pretty-as-fuck tune from this Brisbane bro who literally can't not be tender. This track is hopped up on some seriously terrific Beirutesque Balko-folk; it's amazing he hasn't already disappeared into a fancy provencal blackhole, but instead this is just crooned lines about driving to Carolina and other romantic shit with some beautiful double-tracked vocals & trumpets & Slavic waltz riddims. Some of the songs on this latest EP were written while BigStrongBrute, aka Paul Donoughue, was living in New Jersey, [...]
The Lifted Brow is only five (soon to be six) issues old, but already it’s clear that mastermind Ronnie Scott has the kind of organisational acumen necessary to rule the world combined with a pretty incredible ability to source talent. TLB’s fourth issue was mind-boggling when it dropped with stories from Daniel Handler and Jeffrey Brown and accompanying CD featuring tracks from the Wrens, Dan Deacon and more, but that form’s continued, and the forthcoming sixth issue – which will be Atlas themed – could be the best yet. BigStrongBrute – Sophia (Bulgaria) [...]
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