View basket “Hitler Bad, Vandals Good” 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 Wolfhounds, The Hands In The Till: The complete John Peel sessions Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | A Turntable Friend | 1LP Released 20th July 2018 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wolfhounds, The Hands In The Till: The complete John Peel sessions £15.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: A Turntable Friend SKU: TURN59LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th July 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hardcore Superstar You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘N Roll – Indies Only Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Gain | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 21st September 2018 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hardcore Superstar You Can’t Kill My Rock ‘N Roll – Indies Only £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Gain SKU: 88515070077 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 21st September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Happy Accidents You Might Be Right Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Alcopop | 1LP Released 28th July 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Happy Accidents You Might Be Right £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Alcopop SKU: ALCOPOP136X Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jambinai ONDA Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bella Union | 2LP Released 9th December 2022 £30.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jambinai ONDA £30.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bella Union SKU: BELLA916VN Formats: 2LP Released Date: 9th December 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Karate Unsolved Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Numero Group | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th May 2023 £26.00 - £28.00 Select options Karate Unsolved £26.00 - £28.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Numero Group Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th May 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Beach Fossils Somersault Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bayonet | 1LP Released 2nd June 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beach Fossils Somersault £21.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bayonet SKU: 0859575005305 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Murder By Death The Other Shore Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Bloodshot | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 24th August 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Murder By Death The Other Shore £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Bloodshot SKU: BS264LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 24th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders On Sale View Product Quick View Pale Angels Daydreaming Blues Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Specialist Subject | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 1st December 2016 £8.99 £14.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Pale Angels Daydreaming Blues £8.99 £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Specialist Subject SKU: SPS050V Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 1st December 2016 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Tiny Moving Parts Celebrate Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Big Scary Monsters | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 18th May 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tiny Moving Parts Celebrate £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Big Scary Monsters SKU: BSM185V Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th May 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Screensaver Expressions Of Interest Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Upset The Rhythm | 180g, 1LP Released 8th October 2021 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Screensaver Expressions Of Interest £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Upset The Rhythm SKU: UTR141 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th October 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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