From the mind of Curran Reynolds and the efforts of several collaborators comes Body Stuff, a NYC-based hard rock project spanning several regions of sonic territory. When I listen to the new song, “Sacrifice,” a plethora of reminders come to me, from the proto- and early punk of the CBGBs-era, 80s post-punk and New Wave, and even some post-hardcore. It’s a very New York City sound, one that Reynolds seeks to channel into his second full-length album, Body Stuff 5, due out on October 16.
According to Reynolds, the song is “about crossing the line, the point of no return, the beauty of sacrificing for something you love.” He goes on to describe the music video itself:
“I made this music video one morning after watching Jean Cocteau’s film, Blood of a Poet. I loved the scene in that film where the artist is peeping in keyholes in the hotel and I woke up wanting to replicate that. As fate would have it, my building here in Brooklyn was built in the 1850s and one of the doors in my apartment has the most perfect, iconic keyhole.”
Although this kind of noise isn’t exactly standard-fare for many readers, it would be worth looking through that keyhole to add to — and enhance — your musical world. The song is genuinely cool and engaging, and makes me want to check out the rest of Body Stuff. It’s the kind of thing you want to convince the DJ to put on at an 80s night party! Beyond any sort of nostalgia, though, it does present a more promising and daring vision for hard rock than most of what’s left out there. (Also, fun fact, Reynolds was the drummer on Today is the Day‘s excellent 2011 album, Pain Is a Warning.)
You can keep up with the project on Instagram or Bandcamp.
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