The Body / BIG BRAVE / Stander

Tue, 14 Jul, 2026 at 09:00 pm UTC-06:00

Empty Bottle | Chicago

The Body \/ BIG BRAVE \/ Stander
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Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM / 21+The Body is a prolific musical force whose creativity is matched only by the astonishing weight of their sound. Duo Lee Buford and Chip King have established their own musical language that reimagines how rhythm, dynamics, and sonics can shape or dismantle song structure. Over the course of two decades, the duo has consistently challenged assumptions and defied categorization, redefining what it means to be a heavy band. On their new album, The Body are again pushing limits and testing the boundaries of the studio to explore the extremes and microtonality of distortion to find its maximal impact. Ive Seen All I Need To See is The Body at their most incisively bleak, a towering monolith of noise.Ive Seen All I Need To See marks both a return and departure for The Body. In contrast to the electronic-centric instrumentation and production-heavy arrangements of previous albums and Bufords work in Sightless Pit, this album is focused on their core live sound: Bufords booming, resolute drums paired with Kings obliterated guitar and howl. Following albums with extensive guest performances and acclaimed collaborations with Thou, Uniform, Full of Hell, and more, Ive Seen All I Need To See is almost entirely the core duo. Guests vocalist/pianist Chrissy Wolpert and vocalist Ben Eberle are used very sparingly. Course, bristling distortion contorts every instrument, with samples of spoken word, cymbals, toms and Kings already noxious tone emerging from layers of feedback. The myriad of tonal interplays, captured in detail, has a movement all its own. The Body, together with engineer Seth Manchester of Machines With Magnets, capture the complexities of distorted sound in stunning detail. The clarity and the cacophony exceed anything theyve created before, morphing desolate, festering soundscapes into an exhilarating sonic universe.

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Empty Bottle, Chicago, United States

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