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
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