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The Body Attempt Openness, Bleed for Art in New Video

Having climbed a mountain of flowery critical euphemisms for “brutal” to get here, The Body‘s Christs, Redeemers arrived in the public sphere this week via Thrill Jockey. The we-play-both-kinds-loud-and-louder Portland duo begin yet another round of touring tonight at The Know in their adopted burg (having moved from Providence, RI, where the new album was also recorded), and to mark the occasion(s), they have a new video for the song “To Attempt Openness” from the album.

Unsurprisingly, it’s something of a concept piece. Artist Alexander Barton created a “bleeding picture” by hooking a pump full of black liquid up to a canvas and basically letting it make a mess on somebody’s gallery floor, and the clip is essentially creatively-shot (surprisingly so, considering you’re watching water run) footage of the liquid flowing slowly down the canvas. But for the music, it might be peaceful. Nah, I take that back. It’s fairly unsettling even on mute.

Dig into the video below if you’re feeling up for a bit of punishment, then peruse the tour dates, because it’s important to remember to leave the house every once and again:

The Body, “To Attempt Openness” official video:

from The Body – Christs, Redeemers – out now
thrilljockey.com/thrill/The-Body/Christs-Redeemers

To Attempt Openness: A Bleeding Picture by Alexander Barton, 2013
Black liquid on linen and mixed media. 56″ x 69″
Photography by Alison Nguyen and Brett Harding

The Body Tour Dates:
Thu Oct 17 Portland, OR – The Know w/ Braveyoung, The New Trust
Fri Oct 18 Olympia, WA – The Northern
Sat Oct 19 Seattle, WA – The Highline
Mon Oct 21 Billings, MT – The Railyard
Wed Oct 23 Minneapolis, MN – Hexagon w/ False
Thu Oct 24 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle w/ Oozing Wound
Fri Oct 25 Milwaukee, WI – Riverwest Free Space
Sat Oct 26 Columbus, OH – The Summit
Sun Oct 27 Pittsburgh, PA – The Shop
Tue Oct 29 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie w/ Pissgrave, Krieg, Drums Like Machine Guns
Wed Oct 30 Providence, RI – Machines With Magnets
Thu Oct 31 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
Sun Nov 3 New Orleans, LA – The Mushroom
Mon Nov 4 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
Tue Nov 5 Little Rock, AR – Whitewater Tavern
Sun Nov 10 Phoenix, AZ – Wall St.
Mon Nov 11 Los Angeles, CA – Vacation Vinyl
Tue Nov 12 San Diego, CA – The Soda Bar w/ Author and Punisher, Diamond Lakes
Wed Nov 13 Santa Monica, CA – Almost Heaven
Sat Nov 23 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater w/ Neurosis, Tragedy, Atriarch

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