Show Me The Body shares “Sabotage” Beastie Boys cover with Popular Front music video
Following the announcement of their forthcoming 10th anniversary vinyl release and hometown New York show, Show Me The Body are back with their new single “Sabotage”, which has become a highlight of their live show in recent years. “Sabotage” is a new rendition of the classic Beastie Boys number from their 1994 album Ill Communication. Produced by Kenneth Blume, the song is accompanied by a music video created in collaboration with the independent conflict news organization Popular Front. The visual interweaves footage from Show Me The Body’s recent pop-up show in London’s Southwark Park (presented by Popular Front) with archival footage from the organization.
On the collaboration with Popular Front, Show Me The Body’s Julian Cashwan Pratt says:
“I support and consume independent journalism in general, but full disclosure, I am a straight up a fan of Popular Front. Their crew does hard work to tell true stories, or as they put it “honest reporting.” To work together on “Sabotage” is a self-fulfilling prophecy. New York band with a New York song reaching out to the world at war with a message of love and solidarity.”
The lineage of the “Sabatoge” cover dates back to August 2023, when the band played a surprise show at Tompkins Square Park and debuted the cover during their set. The cover arrives ahead of their Body War 10th anniversary release show at 99 Scott in Brooklyn on October 17th, coinciding with the release of the special anniversary edition of Body War vinyl. The show will feature a lineup of all New Yorkers, including Roc Marciano, Wiki, Fatal Realm, Baby Osama, Ferment, alongside SMTB.
Show Me The Body’s historic, genre-defying album Body War exploded the band out of the NYC underground scene in 2016. Now, almost a decade of touring and many acclaimed releases later, the band has firmly solidified its legacy of confronting and permanently shifting the rigid limitations of the hardcore genre.
Formed in 2009, Show Me The Body is Julian Cashwan Pratt (founder; banjo and vocals) and Harlan Steed (founder; bass). Over the past 16 years, they have released several EPs and three full-length albums: Body War (2016), Dog Whistle (2019), and Trouble The Water (2022), and have zig-zagged around the globe bringing their high-energy live performance to countless stages, basements, and alleyways.
Show Me The Body has built a community over the last decade with their label and mutual-aid organization CORPUS. Now based in Queens, CORPUS began organizing non-traditional, intentional DIY spaces for NYC youth and has grown to a global capacity through its urgent, ceremonial live shows, subterranean punk and hip-hop mixed tours, and the CORPUS NYC platform. Along with CORPUS, Show Me The Body have cultivated a community of like-minded bands and artists, defying genre, with collaborations and shared bills from acts like Nick Hakim, Eartheater, Militarie Gun, Princess Nokia, Jesus Piece, Corbin, B L A C K I E, High Vis, ZeelooperZ, Special Interest, and many more. This ethos is fully displayed on their CORPUS I and CORPUS II mixtapes, the latter of which was released last year.
Upcoming Live Show Dates:
10/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ 99 Scott
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