This week’s PBS Feature Album is NGBE, the fourth full-length offering from Melbourne quartet Big Yawn.
Big Yawn’s ability to blend complex rhythm sections with infectious basslines, deep synth work, and
tongue-in-cheek sampling remains ever-present on their latest release. Sitting in a world of its own, the album—named after the group’s beloved and lost warehouse space, National Gallery of Brunswick East (where most of the material was recorded)—features a wide array of soundscapes spanning mutated drum‘n’bass, low-key grime, rap, and dub-wise antics, all laced with a heavy dose of FX.
Equal parts deep and menacing, the nine tracks encapsulate Big Yawn’s evolution in the studio and on stage, most notably through their collaboration ‘2Stroke’ with Melbourne-based future rap prodigy Teether and brought to life visually with album artwork by Julian Hocking.
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from NGBE and PBS Members have the chance to win a copy of the album on vinyl, simply email your name and membership number to before midnight Sunday July 28. Please note vinyl giveaways must be picked up from the station in Collingwood.
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
Tamara Murphy and The Golden Tone Retrievers - 'Drift Away'
Nubya Garcia - 'Clarity'
DRMNGNOW - 'Breathe'
Shigeto - 'The Punch!' (feat. KESSWA)
Mark Guiliana - 'Just Listen'
Kim Gordon - 'ECRP'
Àbáse - 'Destruction Everywhere'
Full Flower Moon Band - 'Enemy'
Garagee feat. Jane McArthur - 'Firewall'
Overmono feat. Ruthven - 'Gem Lingo' (ovr now)
