The Body has a new video for “The Mythic Arc” off the No One Deserves Happiness LP out now on Thrill Jockey. Chip King and Lee Buford are masters at juxtaposing extreme sonic brutality with unsettling beauty, and this track, with vocals from Chrissy Wolpert of The Assembly of Light Choir, is no exception.
Visuals are provided by Thou‘s bassist Mitch Wells, and they feature the Canadian actor Keir Gilchrist. While The Body’s music has often sounded like the soundtrack to a snuff film, and earlier video’s for tracks like “To Carry The Seeds Of Death Within Me” or “Shrouded” definitely incorporated terrifying visuals, more recent efforts have followed a different tact. Here, much like in Joe Martinez‘s video for “The Fall and the Guilt,” human relationships form the core of the focus. Or, in this case, what appears to be the ending of those relationships…
The Body Tour Dates 2016
The Body’s North American tour with Full of Hell starts tomorrow. You can check out the dates below…
Aug. 19 – Vacouver, BC – TBA
Aug. 20 – Portland, OR – The Know
Aug. 21 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Metro
Aug. 22 – Los Angeles, CA – Union
Aug. 23 – Phoenix, AZ – 51 West
Aug. 24 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Aug. 25 – Austin, TX – Sidewinder
Aug. 26 – Ft. Worth, TX – 1912 Club
Aug. 27 – Little Rock, AR – Liver Fest
Aug. 28 – St. Louis, MO – Pu Fest
Aug. 29 – Kansas City, KS – TBA
Aug. 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
Aug. 31 – Milwaukee, WI – Frank?s Power Plant
Sep. 1 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Sep. 2 – Detroit, MI – Sanctuary
Sep. 3 – Toronto, ON – Coalition
Sep. 4 – Buffalo, NY – Sugar City
Sep. 5 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
Sep. 6 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
Sep. 7 – Philadelphia, PA – 1st Unitarian Church
Sep. 8 – Boston, MA – Middle East w/ Gas Chamber
Sep. 9 – New York City – Market Hotel w/ Gas Chamber
Sep. 10 – Providence, RI – Machines with Magnets w/ Gas Chamber
