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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Big Scary: Me and You review – introspective and varied, with wonderful, harrowing moments

Jo Syme and Tom Iansek of Big Scary
Jo Syme and Tom Iansek of Big Scary. Photograph: Nick Mckk

Connection is the cornerstone of Melbourne duo Big Scary’s fifth album. In their explorations of love found and lost, longtime collaborators Tom Iansek and Jo Syme paint the varied textures of human relationships: grief, loneliness, hope and always, always love.

It’s in the very title of the album, too; leading up to the creation of this record, Syme asked Iansek, “What is Big Scary?” He responded simply: “It is the music made by me and you.”

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