DRAG CITY TO RELEASE DOPE BODY’S NATURAL HISTORY, OUT MAY 22ND LISTEN TO/DOWNLOAD “LAZY SLAVE”

Dope Body, Baltimore, MD's four-headed beast, fire their second salvo, Natural History, on May 22nd. Borne in 2008 from the dance-friendly confines of the city's Wham City scene, this unclassifiable heavy ventured out into the night to find more like-minds, but came back empty-handed - i.e., they stand alone. Evolving from blasting three-piece to blistering four-piece, they enjoy writing their own songs, touring endlessly, having fun and pummeling basement parties with a gleeful, wide-eyed fanaticism that the more reasonable among us might mistake for insanity (it ain't entirely so). Dope Body writhe under their own influences and experiments, swinging from gutterish sludge-punk to snake charmer-on-fire within the confines of a single tune. Rather than compare their ferocity to another contender, just know that Dope Body is punk spelled other-wards and standing on its hands, with riffs descending like blood rushing from your feet to your head, then trickling down the drain. 

Dope Body released their LP debut Nupping [Hit Dat/Hoss] in 2011. Natural History is their first release on Drag City.

PRAISE FOR DOPE BODY:

“Dope Body pull at the sounds of dude-rock like taffy-- tugging guitars out of key, building up big walls of heavy rhythm only to belch in the face of fist-pumping catharsis.” - Pitchfork

“It sounds like a call to arms, a reminder that ferocity works in every era, and that there are many, many ways to make screeching and scrawl sound as vital and imaginative as they did when The Monks accidentally stumbled upon feedback in the '60s.” - Washington City Paper

“Call it sci-fi punk-rock primitivism. And also call it quite good” - Baltimore City Paper

DOPE BODY TOUR DATES:

Sunday, Mar. 4 - Baltimore, MD @ Str8 Cavin w/ Dustin Wong

Tuesday, Mar. 6 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight w/ Dustin Wong

Wednesday, Mar. 7 - Columbia, SC @ Conundrum w/ Dustin Wong

Thursday, Mar. 8 - Asheville, NC @ Broadways w/ Dustin Wong

Friday, Mar. 9 - Lexington, KY @ Sidecar w/ Dustin Wong

Saturday, Mar. 10 - Little Rock, AK @ The Royale w/ Dustin Wong

Sunday, Mar. 11 - Beaumont, TX @ Beau Jam w/ Dustin Wong

Monday, Mar. 12 - Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land w/ Dustin Wong

Tuesday, Mar. 13 - Austin, TX @ Party Party Partners Showcase w/ Dustin Wong - SXSW

Thursday, Mar. 15 - Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn w/ Titus Andronicus, Thee Oh Sees, Andrew WK - SXSW

Friday, Mar. 16 - Austin, TX @ The Whiskey Room w/ R. Stevie Moore (SXSW Showcase - 8PM) - SXSW

Saturday, Mar. 17 - Austin, TX @ Impose Magazine Showcase - SXSW

Dope Body Online:

http://dopebody.tumblr.com/

http://www.myspace.com/dopebody

http://www.dragcity.com/artists/dope-body

https://www.facebook.com/pages/DOPE-BODY/310914069790