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EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: The Bodies Obtained - Looking for More + 2 others

Posted 7/28/2008 10:12 AM by Cameron Cook

Tags: experimental, electronic

As much as we’d like to give you a full, detailed account of our new favorite experimental electronic band, we don’t know that much about The Bodies Obtained. The facts are few and far between—we received a package from their manager with their first record, From the Top of My Tree, on a CD-R and an email shortly after with a cryptic bio and a .jpg of an illustration of a man with a tree for a head. Yeah, we know. Spooky.

But when we popped the CD in the office stereo, expecting some sort of non-solicited gibberish or another, something amazing happened: the distorted sounds of Throbbing Gristle, The Residents, Fad Gadget and Brian Eno greeted us in a way that we’ve never heard recreated since those bands were at their peak (especially on “Hear & Believe”, our favorite track from the bunch we’re posting today). As far as we can tell, The Bodies Obtained, a duo from Detroit, MI, have never performed live, but with From the Top of My Tree slated for release in November of this year, maybe they will pop their heads from under whatever rock they're hiding (they've hinted at releasing a second album next year). Take a listen to these exclusive cuts from the album for yourself—it just goes to show, DIY is still the best way, in the end.

Sounds like: Throbbing Gristle, The Residents, Fad Gadget

Download: The Bodies Obtained - Looking for More

Download: The Bodies Obtained - I'm a Stranger

Download: The Bodies Obtained - Hear & Believe

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