View basket “Birdbrain” has been added to your basket. 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 Walter Schreifels An Open Letter To The Scene Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Run For Cover Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 12th September 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Walter Schreifels An Open Letter To The Scene £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Run For Cover Records SKU: 0811774025324 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 12th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Seaway Vacation Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Pure Noise | 1LP Released 15th September 2017 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Seaway Vacation £13.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Pure Noise SKU: PNE204-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th September 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View WSTR Identity Crisis Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hopeless | 1LP Released 31st August 2018 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders WSTR Identity Crisis £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hopeless SKU: HR2484-1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 31st August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alien Boys Sleeping Lessons Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Tiny Engines | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th November 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alien Boys Sleeping Lessons £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Tiny Engines SKU: LPTE184 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Real Friends The Home Inside My Head Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fearless | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th May 2016 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Real Friends The Home Inside My Head £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fearless SKU: FEAR3924801 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Julia Louise Love Jail Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | No Sleep Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 25th October 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Julia Louise Love Jail £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: No Sleep Records SKU: NSR173V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Clevinger Personal / Professional Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Salinas Records | 1LP Released 10th March 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Clevinger Personal / Professional £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Salinas Records SKU: LPSAL080 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th March 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Melvins The Maggot & The Bootlicker Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Ipecac | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 20th September 2019 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Melvins The Maggot & The Bootlicker £28.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Ipecac SKU: IPC213LP Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Talk Tight (Loser Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 25th August 2017 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Talk Tight (Loser Edition) £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1194X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pixies Beneath The Eyrie Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | BMG | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 13th September 2019 £20.00 Select options Pixies Beneath The Eyrie £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: BMG Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 13th September 2019 Read More Select options See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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