Body Type

“Nothing thrilled me aurally as much this year as the long-awaited debut album from this Sydney post-punk quartet” Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, The Guardian (The 21 Best Australian Albums of 2022)

“There's nothing common about this album: It’s a self-possessed statement of intent and one of the best Australian debut albums in recent memory” Doug Wallen, NME Magazine (★★★★★)

“Referencing Eve Babitz and David Cronenberg but taking musical cues from freak DIY punk bands like Nots and the Reatards, the debut album from Sydney four-piece Body Type is punchy and invigorating, a blast of energy that takes early-pandemic malaise and turns it into something witty and thrilling” Shaad D’Souza, The FADER

“One of the most consistently impressive, powerful, and exciting bands on the Australian scene” Rolling Stone Australia

“Body Type at their most cheeky, assertive, and forward-looking” DIY (★★★★)

“Whip-smart twisting of the post punk garage band template” The Line of Best Fit (8/10)

“Fans of Sleater-Kinney and Television’s more pop-leaning moments should absolutely devour” Billboard

Rock group Body Type, today share their latest single and music video ‘Weekend’ lifted from their forthcoming album Expired Candy, out June 2 via Poison City Records.

‘Weekend’ previews a portion of the 360-degree view that desire manifests in throughout Expired Candy. Here particularly, Body Type cross The Cardigans with Spiderbait's 'Calypso' in its yearnful assertion of promiscuity and affection. Hypnotic “Ooh la la”s riding a-top coarse guitars, marrying the wistful, early sparks of grazes and hand-holding with a “no strings attached,” Saturday morning sleep-in approach. Of ‘Weekend’, vocalist Sophie McComish shares, "This song is pretty candid really. It's about romance. Lotta people stressin’ about love and dating. Too much overthinking. Loving is fun. Just go all in, even if for only one night."

Complete with music video by Throat Pasta, of the collaboration they share "When I had the opportunity to see Body Type open for The Pixies playing during the sunset at the Sydney Opera house steps I was tripping on mushrooms and was absolutely blown away. I reached out straight after their set and when I received a message back saying my production company name was a member's CentreLink password, we got to talking about creating a video, shortly after we linked up and made something I am so proud of, a beautiful analogue mess. I love Body Type."

If Body Type’s debut record Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising was an exuberant and furious declaration of dominion, then their swift follow-up Expired Candy is all about revelling in the space they’ve carved out. It’s sweet, acidic, tough and undeniable all at once, and speaking ahead of the forthcoming release, Body Type reveal that “Expired Candy is filled with hope, love, and danger, dancing with delicious uncertainty. In pursuit of joy we dreamed up songs about mothers, sisters, dogs, nans; family tantrums, forward motion, falling in love, platonic or romantic, with someone or self. Heart breaks, tooth will shatter, but she’ll be there when it really matters. Flirty, feral and defiant, just how we like it. From our wild heart to yours, Body Type.”

Including singles in ‘Holding On’ and ‘Miss The World’, Expired Candy is a euphoric, lawless rock record, characterised by unfaltering intensity. Oceanic yearning mixes with sly humour. Guitars spit and swell and slice through harmonies. Moments of elation and bizarre imagery are wrung from the monotony of every day. Vocals knot together, producing ecstatic, slanted melodies. An album about not being so certain that confinement and desolation lead to a dead end. Instead, stagnation may serve as the perfect breeding ground for joyous bewilderment and an inflamed imagination. Like the stale confection of its title, Expired Candy is a blistering listen because of the way it transmutes gloom into resistance.

‘Weekend’ signals the next slice of new music from the band since their previous single ‘Holding On’ and the release of their independently released, Australian Music Prize-nominated debut album Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing’s Surprising. Featuring tracks like ‘Buoyancy‘ ‘The Charm’ and ‘Sex & Rage‘, the 11-track record is a sharp, and invigorating listen packed with gentle contemplation and righteous fury. The praise was far and wide, from Rolling Stone, The Guardian, NME, DIY, Frankie, Clash, Dork, The Line Of Best Fit and more, as well as impressive BBC Radio 1 (Jack Saunders) and BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq) airplay. 

Having just come off a string of support slots including Fontaines D.C, Wolf Alice and The Pixies, Body Type also announce their return to Europe and UK this June, including a spot on the Rock Werchter 2023 lineup alongside The 1975, RAYE, Arctic Monkeys, Lil Nas X and more. See below for all dates and ticketing info.

Body Type’s ‘Weekend’ is out now via Poison City Records and available on all digital platforms. 

Body Type is Annabel Blackman (vocals, guitar), Sophie McComish (vocals, guitar), Cecil Coleman (drums, percussion), Georgia Wilkinson-Derums (vocals, bass)

ABOUT BODY TYPE

Since first forming in 2016, the group have shared acclaimed records EP1, EP2 and their debut album Everything’s Dangerous But Nothing Is Surprising to global fever and critical acclaim from DIY, NME, Dork, The Line Of Best Fit, The FADER, Stereogum, KEXP, Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson, BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders, triple j’s Declan Byrne and many more. In between support stages with The Pixies, Fontaines D.C., Big Thief, Cate Le Bon, POND, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Frankie Cosmos, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Wolf Alice, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, DZ Deathrays and more, the group have also performed across SXSW, The Great Escape, and headline tours in the US and UK, including a recorded session at the BBC‘s Maida Vale studios.