BODY STUFF - "On the Run"

"On the Run," the third single from Body Stuff's upcoming EP, Body Stuff 3, is out now.

Stream the single and pre-order the new EP, here:
https://bodystuff.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-run

Stream the song on Spotify, Apple Music, and other major platforms, here:
https://ffm.to/bodystuff

Body Stuff's Curran Reynolds says: "'On the Run' is a Christmas song, of sorts. I am not a Christian, but I like the tradition of rock bands recording Christmas songs. For me it goes back at least to 'A Very Special Christmas,' with U2 and Madonna and the Keith Haring artwork. But what really sparked 'On the Run' was Jeffrey Lee Pierce's lyric in 'The Lie' about scoring drugs on Christmas Day. It's that wonderful and terrible sense of being utterly out of step with the world. In 'On the Run' I am singing about isolation versus connection; individualism versus the collective. The hero of the song is a self-proclaimed outsider who has discovered that perhaps there is no outside or inside at all. The world's a grain of sand and he's everywhere, he's everything."

Body Stuff streamed a demo version of "On the Run" in December 2017 and Metal Injection called it: "Eerie, intoxicating, and artful... This might actually be one of the best Christmas songs I've ever heard."

Guest vocals on the song are by Polly Watson and Al Huckabee of New York power-pop band 1-800-BAND.

Body Stuff is the duo of Curran Reynolds and Ryan Jones. Reynolds, the songwriter and vocalist, began the project in the early part of this decade, when both he and Jones were members of Today Is The Day. Body Stuff 3 will be released January 10, 2020, via The Chain, the multi-faceted company co-founded by Reynolds in 2016. It is the third in a trilogy of EPs: the self-titled Body Stuff (2013), Body Stuff 2 (2016), and Body Stuff 3 (2020).

Reviews of the first two EPs singled out a few aspects of the Body Stuff sound. On the surface, there were crooning vocals, simple hooks, and an earnest spirit, nodding to the rousing rock songs that filled late-‘80s FM radio dials. Underneath, something heavier: programmed drums and thick guitars conjured industrial-metal power. And deeper in the mix was a dreamlike ambience that evoked the places the music was conceived – namely, the streets of New York City and a lake in rural Maine.

Featuring the most highly developed music the duo has created so far, Body Stuff 3 consists of five new anthems that take the Body Stuff style to the next level. The EP was recorded and mixed by Jones and Reynolds at Jones’ studio, Growlhouse, in Queens, NY, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Torche, Full of Hell).

Upcoming shows:
Dec 27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Gold Sounds (w/ Plaque Marks)

More info: 
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2019/10/body-stuff-body-stuff-3.html

Artwork by Curran Reynolds
Band photo by Justina Villanueva