Sounds | Big Big Train - The Artist

Big Big Train is zo één van die bands die al jarenlang op mijn 'bands to check' lijstje prijkten maar die daar om één of andere reden maar niet van weg geraakten.

Nu ben ik bijzonder opgetogen dat ik ze met deze The Artist uiteindelijk toch heb ontdekt.

Big Big Train, dat is spacerock zonder die zweverige insteek of kruidig geurtje dat er bij andere bands in dat genre vaak toch rond hangt.

En alhoewel de bijhorende videoclip voor een stuk visueel 20 jaar achter lijkt te lopen klinkt de track helemaal niet ouderwets of nostalgisch.

Ik kijk dan ook uit naar het nieuwe album Woodcut dat op 6 februari 2026 zal uitkomen via InsideOutMusic.

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Bassist Gregory Spawton comments: “Woodcut tells the story of a character we call The Artist, who is struggling with his creativity and with life. One day he is able to fashion a woodcut which he considers to be beautiful and different. Maybe it’s a dream or maybe it’s real life, but he finds himself stepping into the woodcut scene and into an alternative world.”

‘Woodcut’ sees all seven band members making stunning contributions, with frontman Alberto Bravin taking the lead as producer: “This time it’s kind of a new statement for the band. ‘Woodcut’ is a big step forward for us,” Bravin comments. With more than 400 individual recorded tracks of music to edit, streamline and piece together, and also with the connectivity of the album’s storyline and its themed instrumental sections to consider, this was a task of gargantuan proportions.

“I felt a huge sense of relief when Alberto took over as producer,” says Spawton, the band’s final original co-founding member. “Although this is only Alberto’s second studio album with BBT, he is very aware of the traditions of the band and has also brought his own sense of energy to the music.”