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The Body
- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Release Date: May 11, 2018
- Summary: The seventh full-length release for the duo of Lee Buford and Chip King features contributions from Sandworm's Ben Eberle, Lingua Ignota's Kristin Hayter and Assembly of Light Choir's Chrissy Wolpert.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Heavy Metal, Experimental Rock, Doom Metal, Noise-Rock
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May 11, 2018Forgoing original instrumentation in favor of a dense collage of samples, The Body conjures an oddly catchy apocalypse on “Nothing Stirs” and “Off Script,” while guest vocalists like Uniform’s Michael Berdan--whose hate-choked bellow makes the NIN influence explicit--provide decipherable counterpoint to frontman Chip King’s slaughterhouse sq
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May 10, 2018There really isn't anyone else who combines ear-bleeding noise, desolation, and ravenous beauty like the Body, and I Have Fought Against It is one of their most emotionally heavy albums yet.
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May 16, 2018With I Have Fought Against It, but I Can’t Any Longer, the Body have generated a record of power electronics, descending at times into harsh noise, punctuated at points by mournful passages of ambient beauty.
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May 15, 2018True to form, the record hides moments of grace within an impenetrably violent landscape, capturing a rupture at the boundary of what is bearable. The songs gain intensity as the album progresses, leading the listener deep into a hell of the Body’s careful making.
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May 10, 2018Tracks like “An Urn” and “Blessed Alone” are some of the best material The Body have released to date due to strong vocal performances and powerful lyrics. A few tracks feel predictable, though, and as a whole the project feels like the band dipping their toes into new territory rather than jumping all the way in.
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May 10, 2018They continue to test the waters, which in itself is admirable, however, the execution in reaching a pinnacle can get lost from time to time. I Have Fought shows the Body running roughshod and a band who will continue to push and who will never settle for less.
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The WireJul 13, 2018The Body’s central drive focuses on heaviness, both as a sonic and emotional motif, and while their creative apex I Shall Die Here demonstrates a logical conclusion of the former, I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer sees the band explore dramatic terror, to limited success. [Jul 2018, p.44]
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May 31, 2018The Body has pushed their sound to new, hellish extremes. Whether or not the result is listenable is completely up to the fan's musical limits.
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