Name: Crusaders Of Joy
Brand: BigLOVE

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CRR110V

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Colour

black

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-07-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5060852561031

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

CRR110CD

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5060852561048

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

BigLOVE

Genre GB

Metal

Label GB

Church Road Records

Shrouded in mystery, abstracted by endearment and drenched in tone, bigLOVE are set to make their presence known to the wider world with their debut album, titled Crusaders of Joy. Across the anonymous projects four song inaugural release, bigLOVE marries atmospheric sludge and themes of eternally unconditional devotion in the name of all that is to be cherished in this waking world of ours.

Vocally, bigLOVE counterbalances the saccharine nature of their melodies with corrosive and hymnal omnipotence. In an effort to eliminate unnecessary self-scrutiny and create instinctively, bigLOVE recorded Crusaders of Joy as it was being written - with the release's final takes being recorded moments after each part was finalised in the writing. Recorded between 2019 and 2020 before being mastered by UK audio savant Lewis Johns at The Ranch, Crusaders of Joy possesses a preternatural warmth in its production that beguiles as well as engulfs.

The debut full length is adroitly tied together thematically by Maria Nemms (Holy Fawn, Slow Crush, Anthetic) album cover photography, adding another dimension to bigLOVE's enigma of obscurity and ubiquity. In the context of the modern age paradox of instantaneous connection and spiritual disconnect, Crusaders of Joy triumphs in its harnessing of love as philosophy, as it spiritualizes sludge and doom metals sonic weight to transcendental heights. Across the vast ocean of time, love remains at the core of all it is to be human.

Crusaders Of Joy

Music GB