(Photo credit: Adam Degross)
LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLE FEATURING KRISTIN HAYTER “NOTHING STIRS”
THE BODY PLAYING ROADBURN WITH THOU;
AND ANNOUNCE A EUROPEAN TOUR WITH LIGHTNING BOLT THIS SPRING
The Body will release their most ambitious album to date, I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer, on the 11th May through Thrill Jockey. On their follow up to 2016’s acclaimed No One Deserves Happiness, the Portland duo of Lee Buford and Chip King conjure the sublime from the unexpected by turning their compositional approach on its head, choosing to build the record on their own samples rather than recording the basic tracks of drums and guitars and processing those.
The album features regular collaborators; Chrissy Wolpert (Assembly of Light Choir) and Ben Eberle (Sandworm), and longtime engineers Seth Manchester and Keith Souza (Machines With Magnets), as well as guest performances by Kristin Hayter (Lingua Ignota), and Michael Berdan (Uniform).
The Body will be touring Europe this spring with Lightning Bolt including a collaborative set with Thou at Roadburn, and plan to tour throughout the U.S. this summer – see live dates below.
LIVE DATES:
Sat 21/04/2018 NL Tilburg Roadburn festival w/ Thou
Sun 22/04/2018 FR Paris Olympic Cafe
Tue 24/04/2018 AT Vienna Arena w/ Weedeater
Wed 25/04/2018 CZ Prague Underdogs w/ Uniform
Thu 26/04/2018 AT Innsbruck PMK w/ Uniform
Fri 27/04/2018 AT Feldkirch Graf Hugo Keller
Sat 28/04/2018 DE Leipzig UT Connewitz w/ Lightning Bolt
Sun 29/04/2018 DE Berlin Festsaal kreuzberg w/ Lightning Bolt
Mon 30/04/2018 DE Hamburg Uebel & Gefaehrlich w/ Lightning Bolt
Tue 01/05/2018 NL Amsterdam Paradiso Noord w/ Lightning Bolt
Wed 02/05/2018 LUX Luxembourg Rotondes w/ Lightning Bolt
Thu 03/05/2018 DE Mannheim Forum
Fri 04/05/2018 BE Liege La Zone
Sat 05/05/2018 GR Athens The Temple w/ Uniform
Sun 06/05/2018 BE Brussels Botanique w/ Iceage
Mon 07/05/2018 UK London The Garage w/ Lightning Bolt
The Body – I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer
1. The Last Form Of Loving
2. Can Carry No Weight
3. Partly Alive
4. The West Has Failed
5. Nothing Stirs
6. Off Script
7. An Urn
8. Blessed, Alone
9. Sickly Heart Of Sand
10. Ten Times A Day, Every Day, A Stranger
Pre-order I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer:
http://thrilljockey.com/products/i-have-fought-against-it-but-i-can-t-any-longer
Listen to The Body’s “Nothing Stirs”:
http://open.spotify.com/album/1oJvB66JbYILHBM7tY6oEN
“Sounds like a rave in a collapsing black hole.” – METAL HAMMER
“…who the hell else sounds like The Body? No one.” – NOISEY
“Brutal and beautiful… everyone from The Haxan Cloak to The Bug wants to cut a record with these creeps.” – BANDCAMP
“The Body’s chameleon adaptations reveal layers of their talent.” – NEW NOISE
“A riot of sound so aggressive it would make John Zorn blush” – PITCHFORK