biographical info
After much deliberation, we have decided to hang up our patch cords.
We’ve had the pleasure of working with amazing people, and the
opportunity to share the stage with talented musicians. Thanks to
everyone who offered us support, came to our shows, or helped carry
equipment. This farewell is nowhere near as epic as when Linda Hamilton
lowers the terminator into a pit of molten metal at the end of T2, but it is a farewell nonetheless.
On Bodies
2005-2010
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BIO:
Together, this tight triad plays an angular mix of post-punk and dark pop that is as much about the body as it is the soul. On Bodies played their first show in Montreal in October of 2006. Having grown up on a diet of 90's alternative and punk, the members cite a cross-section of musical influences: Joy Division, Sleater-Kinney, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, and Diamanda Galás. On Bodies released their debut album, The After EP, in the summer of 2009. Produced and recorded by Martin Horn at Digital Bird Studios, the 6 songs on this recording are about invisible moments, erased tapes and faded pictures. The After EP examines the altered spaces that immediately follow an event or an instant, where we are left to consider what remains and ponder that which came before. Notions of identity and displacement are recurring themes for the band, but despite the heaviness of the lyrics the music is not gloom and doom. The After EP offers a serious mix of danceable rock and rumbling epic ballads, and is also the aftermath of the past four years in which On Bodies discovered all of its parts and what makes its heart beat.
lineup
Mark Ambrose Harris Keys and Vocals
Brian Fauteux Drums