Alone Together

Alone Together

The New York post-hardcore trio’s fourth album embraces dichotomy. Jazz horns and punk energy. Banjo licks and city slang. Dichotomy is the name of the game on NYC band Show Me the Body’s fourth album. The relentlessly staccato “Eat for Peace” simultaneously conjures Quicksand and Bad Brains while vocalist Julian Cashwan Pratt kicks against the pricks: “Radical love, it compels me to fight.” “No God” rides a mechanized power groove and Pratt’s distorted banjo as he channels late guru-psychologist Ram Dass’ timeless mantra: “be here now.” The album’s most personal track, “See You Again,” mourns the loss of two close friends—one of whom appears on the preceding interlude. Our Favorite Track: The bumping bass grind and party-ready title of “Dance in the USA” is belied by lyrics about wage slavery and violence before the last half of the song goes straight NYHC in the classic Madball/Cro-Mags style.