There are many ways in which emotion can manifest in music, and therefore many statements that music can make. BODIES choose to treat music as an opportunity for examination, both on the broad scale of uniform failure and on the deeper, personal suffering that exists in the world.
Their new album, Ores, is the epitome of this attitude. Arising in the years after a cycling accident and chronic illness placed barriers to a continued rise, the trio, headed up by frontman David Anthony, is marked with intentionality, reflection and a clarity of identity.
Tracks themselves tread through the atmosphere of Irish post-punk, introducing their alternative, indie, shoegaze and new wave sensibilities into the bubbling melting pot. The music is an ephemeral supplement to the brutal honesty and pain that stay with you after the melodies themselves have faded.
There’s no better way to describe this than in the band’s own words: “Ores” is a raw examination of collapse and endurance, born from the intersection of personal crisis and societal decay. Written during a period when frontman David Anthony’s health deteriorated alongside his witnessing of Dublin and Ireland’s mounting social failures, the album serves as both an indictment and a testament to human resilience. Through an angst-ridden experimental post-punk soundscape, the record splits its focus between two devastating realities: the institutional failures crushing Ireland’s most vulnerable, and the intimate struggle of living with chronic illness.
Rather than offering solutions, Ores confronts these parallel breakdowns with unflinching honesty, creating space for listeners to sit with complexity and find their own meaning within the chaos.”
Clearly onto something new and intriguing, if you like dark, distorted guitars, tight, complex drums and melancholic, theatrical in their own lethargic and purposeful way, it may be time to get on board the wave of attention and get listening.
Check out the album here…
