Songwriter Brodie Christ Blends Honesty, Contrarian Fire, and Indie-Rock Swagger on New Album ‘Big Feelings’
Toronto indie rocker Brodie Christ (surname rhymes with wrist) has released his second full-length album, Big Feelings. The record is a powerful statement of self-discovery, catharsis, and emotional honesty – unafraid to embrace life’s contradictions.
Recorded at Toronto’s Canterbury Music Co. with longtime producer Neil Whitford and a trusted circle of collaborators, Big Feelings is the product of three transformative years for Christ – marked by the passing of his father, the birth of his daughter, and a personal health reset that led him to quit vices, embrace meditation, exercise, and daily Qigong.
Alongside the album, Christ spotlights “In a loop,” the contemplative and defiant focus track that serves as a perfect entry point into the record’s core themes. “I was feeling frustrated about the mental, emotional, and conversational patterns that I would get myself in,” Christ shares. “I wanted to write about trying to step out of the pattern and being pulled back in, and repeating that until, well, I stopped.”
Marked by a freeform verse melody that resists repetition, “In a loop” captures the tension between breaking cycles and falling back into them. The song’s climactic ending sees saxophone and guitar weaving together in contrasting styles – the guitar locked into hypnotic repetition while Gordon Hyland’s saxophone never once repeats, creating a striking sense of release. “It’s beautiful and sophisticated,” Christ reflects. “And I can play along with every note on my MouthSax.”
For Big Feelings, Christ reunited with the impeccable musicians featured on his 2021 debut album, From Squeezing – drummer Jeremy Kleynhans (Alessia Cara, Jann Arden), bassist Kyle Teixeira (T. Thomason), and keyboardist Dean Aivaliotis (Aysanabee). Backing vocals came courtesy of Elise LeGrow and Mireya Gonzalez, while saxophonist Gordon Hyland (Dwayne Gretzky, Disaster Pony) emerged as the album’s wild card. Initially brought in for specific parts, Hyland’s sax playing became essential, gracing nearly every track and expanding the record’s sonic palette.
“Each song on Big Feelings is a moment of catharsis from no longer containing what is inside me,” says Christ. “This album is a step on a path to being a comfortable, fully expressed person in this world.”
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