Name: Crack a Light
Brand: Dope Body

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DC779

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-30

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PIAS

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Standard:20

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0781484077916

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Dope Body

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Drag City

Dope Body is a highly influential American rock band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. The band consists of Andrew Laumann, Zachary Utz, Dave Jacober, and John Jones. Known for their intense live performances and unique sound, Dope Body has gained a dedicated following over the years.

With their raw energy and experimental approach to music, Dope Body has been compared to artists such as Big Ups, Oxbow, Lightning Bolt, Guerilla Toss, Women, Double Dagger, Pissed Jeans, Grave Babies, Metz, Melt-Banana Cherubs,No Age,Gilla Band White Suns Part Chimp Liars Ed Schrader's Music Beat Iceage The Jesus Lizard Daughters.

Through their distinct blend of punk rock and noise rock elements,Dope Body continues to push boundaries and defy genre conventions. Their music resonates with fans who appreciate bold creativity and an unapologetic attitude towards artistic expression.

Drag City is a renowned music label that was founded by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn. With an impressive roster of artists, Drag City has established itself as a leading force in the music industry. Known for their diverse range of genres, the label has consistently released groundbreaking and influential albums. From indie rock to experimental folk, Drag City continues to push boundaries and nurture innovative talent.

Since its inception, Drag City has been dedicated to supporting artists who defy conventions and create unique sounds. The label's commitment to artistic freedom has allowed musicians to explore their creativity without limitations. This approach has resulted in a catalog of critically acclaimed albums that have resonated with audiences worldwide.

With an unwavering focus on quality over quantity, Drag City carefully curates its releases, ensuring each album receives the attention it deserves. Their meticulous attention to detail extends beyond the music itself, with beautifully designed album artwork and packaging that enhance the overall listening experience.

Dope Body are back with their first album since 2015 - and it’s got all the gnarly, bisected body rock of their great records from the far side of the teens. A decade plus from the audacity of their debut cassette, 20 Pound Brick, and four years after calling it quits, Crack a Light is about getting back to essentials.

In 2016, Dope Body were fairly much burnt from seven years of nonstop playing and recording, feeling as if their four albums had tracked away from the early days’ intentions of spontaneous weirdness. The band had formed in the abstract, an art project designed to provoke by embodying values that didn’t necessarily reflect any deep roots in their collective mindset. They were good with this approach for a minute but by their final release of the initial run, Kunk, they were composing new pieces from leftover parts of the ‘Lifer’ sessions, as if trying to relocate the almost out-of-body state that they’d been conceived in.

Turns out they just needed a bit of time off. Even (or perhaps especially) with a couple of the guys on the West Coast and the other two back east, the energy is again surging out of the Dope Boys, as witnessed by Crack a Light’s explosive and exuberant opening track, Curve. The refrain “I think I feel alright” expresses relative optimism on the oft-scorched earth of Dope Body and it should - with Crack a Light they’ve come all the way around to the stance of their experimental genesis, while continuing to evolve the identity that’s emerged since then - all of which bodes well for the future of rock music.

Essentially a power-trio with singer, Dope Body have traditionally excelled at projecting monstrously-voiced street music, artfully welded to the massive space of rock anthems, hardcore and metallic, hard-rolling funk, driven by incisively pounding rhythm and attenuated with guitar loops and FX.

Crack a Light

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