NGBE (Vinyl LP)
Don't let the name fool you, zero yawns on this album! NGBE feels like stepping into a sonic time capsule of Melbourne’s underground—gritty, playful, and endlessly inventive. Named after their lost warehouse haven, the National Gallery of Brunswick East, this album isn’t just music; it’s a love letter to the spaces and sounds that shaped them. Perfect for late-night plotting or early-morning revelry. - Hunter
Research Records welcomes back Melbourne quartet Big Yawn for their fourth full-length offering, "NGBE."
Big Yawn's ability to blend complex rhythm sections with infectious basslines, deep synth work, and tongue-in-cheek sampling remains ever-present, and perhaps is the most advanced we've heard yet.
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.
Tracklist
- 80s Slam
- The Voice
- 2Stroke (feat. Teether)
- Crying
- iVibe X
- Encarta
- Fanbreak
- Historical Romance
- Mystery of Man
