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83
It’s impossible not to come away beaten and bruised by the undulating savagery that emits from a Show Me The Body record.
3mo
80
SHOW ME THE BODY‘s strongest tracks here are the ones that are a bit lengthier and enable their full potential to be realised, in turn making for the beefiest, most secure songs in their discography.
3mo
80
Shivering with tension, Trouble the Water is an exciting and urgent call to come together and kick off – at once a reflection of, and a cathartic release from, volatile times.
3mo
80
Rather than being just another band to mic grab and throw down to, Trouble The Water is a considered effort, more brooding than brawling.
2mo
80
Show Me the Body’s music is livid and empowering, as confrontational and heartful as hardcore punk can be.
2mo
78
On an adventurous new album, the New York hardcore band populates a swamp of chugs with weird creatures of electronica and sudden clearings of melodic, galloping punk.
2mo
70
‘Trouble The Water’ is an intense record, one that’s confrontational, angry and searching for truth in a world full of lies.
3mo
70
A 50/50 split between left field songs with genuine aesthetic achievement, and hardcore traditionals ... which vary in quality and pale in comparison to the more adventurous ones.
3mo
70
By integrating the extreme fringes of rap, Show Me the Body deepens the richness of their own music, and broaden their own community beyond their niche of New York hardcore.
2mo
50
SMTB loses some momentum on Trouble the Water.
1mo
After listening to their 2021 EP simply titled Survive, I became interested in Show Me the Body and their noisy but chaotic sound, and with Trouble the Water, they have proven once again how interesting and unique they are. Even though this kind of sound isn't new to me, SMTB creates something that I find mildly innovative, combining the raw and gut-wrenching noise rock with the intense and aggressive rhythms of post-hardcore while adding different influences from synth punk to sludge metal, ... read more
SMTB are incredibly consistent, and this may be my favorite album of ther catalog. It mixes hard-core punk with noise rock and odd electronics to create a really unique listening experience, even if it is occasionally a little hit or miss. Hard to avoid that though, when your brush strokes are this wide. This could grow on my by year's end, and I'm not ruling it out for a year end list contender. I think they have even more to offer and even more sounds to refine. You should be paying attention ... read more
This is absolutely legendary. Hardcore has no right sounding this good when it's played on a dang old banjo. Nonetheless, Show Me The Body wrecks the spot with Trouble The Water. While this album isn't perfect and its flaws may be obvious, what it does right is spectacular. It's a cohesive and relatively thematic album which just goes absolutely hard. It inspires outrageous moshing and mic grabbing and crowd surfing. This album is just so good.
There are so many good songs on here, but my ... read more
While this album isn't nearly as punchy and defiant as Dog Whistle, it still has a lot of highlights and is nearly as good which the experimental production, making this a fun listen that I would actually come back to.
Great record... probably a strong 7 to a light 8.
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Track List
| 1 | Loose Talk 3:26 | 79 |
| 2 | Food From Plate 2:50 | 78 |
| 3 | Radiator 2:31 | 77 |
| 4 | We Came To Play 2:15 | 81 |
| 5 | War Not Beef 3:47 | 77 |
| 6 | Out Of Place 3:54 | 68 |
| 7 | Boils Up 4:00 | 77 |
| 8 | Buck 50 2:31 | 78 |
| 9 | Demeanor 2:59 | 76 |
| 10 | Using It 2:15 | 82 |
| 11 | WW4 3:41 | 81 |
| 12 | Trouble The Water 3:45 | 79 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
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Added on: September 12, 2022