Beside You Body Maintenance SKU: DRUNKENSAILOR163 Barcode: 5056321695093 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Drunken Sailor Released Date: 2nd June 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Spring has sprung, which here in the UK means several months of not knowing what the fuck’s going on temperature-wise. Intense sunshine with a severe chill in the air? Brutal downpour underpinned by a sticky, sickly warmth? We’ve got the lot, and more besides. Perfect weather, then, for Body Maintenance, who hail from the traditionally sunny climes of The Land Down Under while dealing in a particularly icy brand of hardcore-tinged post-punk. Confused? Nah, you won’t be, so ignore this heavily laboured introduction. You’ll be too busy being totally bowled over by the roar of their echo pedal-laden racket. ‘Beside You’ is their first full-length LP, following a 12” EP and live cassette on guitarist James Kane’s own Unwound Records, and a self-released demo cassette. Superficially, their take on brutally noisy sang-froid is the sort of thing that garners lazy comparisons to Joy Division, but more discerning ears will pick out similar sounds like Stockholm’s much-missed Holograms, Blitz circa ‘Second Empire Justice’ and even Italy’s modern anarcho heroes A Culture Of Killing. All of which is kind of irrelevant except that it should tell YOU, o worthy possessor of exquisite taste, that it sounds fucking great and you need to get this band in your ears immediately. Drummer Zoe Mulcahy (also of Jake Robertson’s effervescent Alien Nosejob project) may be the secret star of the show, whether lending a glowing pulse to the coldwave-imbued robotica of ‘Time Enough’ or simply wailing hard on album opener ‘Silver Yarns’. Riley Stafford’s dispassionate bark also stands out, especially on the driving ‘It’s Theatre’, although it’s buried deep in the mix, clouded by the wash of guitars and Ella Howells’ glacial synths. But let’s not get bogged down in individual performances, ‘cause this Melbourne quintet are way more than the sum of their parts. The whole is punchy and powerful; the sound pulls you all over the place emotionally – you can’t truly prepare for the way the brooding title track sneaks up on you. It throbs in your brain like an amyl nitrate headache; it rages subtly and smartly while simultaneously indulging AND railing against a primitivist instinct to rock out. More simply, it’s the soundtrack to your springtime and beyond – this is the instant classic you’ve been after, so why waste any more time reading what I’ve got to say on the matter? Buy it, regret nothing but the shelf space you didn’t occupy. Genre: Alternative / Punk Artist Body Maintenance Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Drunken Sailor Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Silver Yarns Circles The Spiral Time Enough It’s Theatre Beside You The Fools, The Frauds Ends A Compliment Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Social Distortion The Independent Years: 1983-2004 Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Spinefarm Records | 4LP, Box Set Released 2nd December 2016 £100.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Social Distortion The Independent Years: 1983-2004 £100.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: BMC3964101 Formats: 4LP, Box Set Released Date: 2nd December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Constantines Shine A Light Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Includes 7", Includes Download Code Released 5th June 2014 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Constantines Shine A Light £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP569 Formats: 1LP, Includes 7", Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View La Dispute Tiny Dots Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Big Scary Monsters | 180g, 1LP Released 15th April 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders La Dispute Tiny Dots £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Big Scary Monsters SKU: BSM181 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 15th April 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Cloud Nothings Final Summer Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Pure Noise | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th July 2024 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Cloud Nothings Final Summer £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Pure Noise SKU: PNE4046 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th July 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Caspian Hymn For The Greatest Generation Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Triple Crown Records | 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released 2nd August 2024 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Caspian Hymn For The Greatest Generation £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Triple Crown Records SKU: TCR019VLGW Formats: 12", Coloured Vinyl, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 2nd August 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pere Ubu Cloudland Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fire Records | 1LP Released 17th August 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pere Ubu Cloudland £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP367 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 17th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Get Up Kids, The Four Minute Mile Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Doghouse | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 1st February 2016 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Get Up Kids, The Four Minute Mile £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Doghouse SKU: ADOG60116 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 1st February 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Umlauts, The Slags Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Prah Recordings | 1LP Released 6th October 2023 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Umlauts, The Slags £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Prah Recordings SKU: PRAH063LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Kids In Glass Houses Pink Flamingo Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Family Recipe | 1LP Released 25th October 2024 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Kids In Glass Houses Pink Flamingo £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Family Recipe SKU: FR001V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th October 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Thee Oh Sees Live At LEVITATION Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | The Reverberation Appreciation Society | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 19th May 2023 £20.00 Select options Thee Oh Sees Live At LEVITATION £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: The Reverberation Appreciation Society Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 19th May 2023 Read More Select options See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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