Big Scary - Not Art

The Melbourne duo approached their second album without any artistic intention, then named it Not Art. And yet, they readily admit the album is indeed a work of art. Tom Iansek (vocals, guitar, vox) and Jo Symes (drums, vocals) are challenging the label ‘artist’, by engaging the listener in an internal debate led by the question, “What is art?”

Iansek says their album cover “makes you question who the artist is in that work: mother nature or the photographer?” Big Scary’s redefined approach to songwriting asks a similar question: does music belong to the artists making it, or the musical world that makes them possible?

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