Friday, 23 September 2022

Phoenix Bodies

Phoenix Bodies were a five-piece screamo/grindcore band from Southport, Indiana that were active from 2001 to 2011. In that time, they were insanely prolific with a plethora of releases coming out, but only one full-length album. 2006's Raise The Bullshit Flag sets the bar for insanity on record. Its panicked, convulsive delivery and lyrical relevance still hold up to this day as one of grind-influenced screamo's finest offerings. It's discordant and downtuned, with chaotic blastbeats and breakneck tempo changes scattered throughout its 16-minute runtime. I think its safe to say that its earn its merit as an "essential" for fans of this sound. They have a ton of other material that's also worth more than your attention, and luckily most of it can be found on 2007's Too Much Information. Alongside 2008's Mutton Dagger, you essentially have their full discography aside from the LP. One quick note, I am missing their split with The Dream Is Dead, though their tracks from that can be found on Too Much Information and 2004's Discography cassette. Enjoy.

Demo (2003)
1. Demo 1
2. Demo 2
3. Demo 3
4. Demo 4
5. Demo 5
6. Demo 6
7. Demo 7

1. Enkephalin - Full Access Bubblegum Machine
2. Enkephalin - Biff Can Take A Beating
3. Enkephalin - Calling To Confirm
4. Enkephalin - The Technician
5. Enkephalin - One Punch Machine Gun
6. Enkephalin - Iceman Vs. The Tiger
7. Phoenix Bodies - Half Billion Ants: A Force
8. Phoenix Bodies - Spin: A Rendezvous
9. Phoenix Bodies - Lawn of Decadence
10. Phoenix Bodies - Get It, Rabbit
11. Phoenix Bodies - Full Frontal Fragrance
12. Phoenix Bodies - Cock Ocean: A Timeless Destination

1. Shikari - Nieuwe Politiek #1
2. Shikari - Tijd Was Ons Niet Zo Goed Gezind
3. Phoenix Bodies - Old Balls
4. Phoenix Bodies - Pardon My Emoticon
5. Phoenix Bodies - Toxic Shock Value Meal

1. Phoenix Bodies - The Future Is Eating
2. Phoenix Bodies - Sense Is Out Of Style
3. Raein - Endless Tourlife

1. Tryanny Of Shaw - Routing Her Convulsions
2. Tyranny Of Shaw - Spinetheft
3. Phoenix Bodies - Goddamn Pyramid Building Aliens
4. Phoenix Bodies - Fix Me (Black Flag cover)

1. Sense Is Out Of Style
2. The Future Of Eating
3. Old Balls
4. Pardon My Emoticon
5. Toxic Shock Value Meal
6. Fix Me (Black Flag cover)
7. Enlarge Your Penis
8. Goddamn Pyramid Building Aliens
9. Half A Billion Ants
10. Spin: A Rendez-vous
11. Lawn Of Decadence
12. Get It Rabbit
13. Full Frontal Fragrance
14. Cock Ocean: A Timeless Destination

1. Raise The Bullshit Flag
2. Resonance Of The Strom Thurmond Death Rattle
3. Hard On For A Hummer
4. You've Been Hamburgled
5. Striving For Autism
6. I Guarantee You're A Pile Of Shit
7. Test Of Faith At The Trinity Broadcasting Network
8. If Money Is Power...
9. Intelligent Designer Sunglasses
10. The War On Entropy

1. Half-A-Billion Ants
2. Spin: A Rendez-Vous
3. Lawn of Decadence
4. Get It Rabbit
5. Full Frontal Fragrance
6. Cock Ocean: A Timeless Destination
7. Enlarge Your Penis
8. Toxic Shock Value Meal
9. Old Balls
10. Pardon My Emoticon
11. Sense Is Out Of Style
12. Future Of Eating
13. Goddamn Pyramid Building Aliens
14. Fix Me (Black Flag cover)
15. Striving For Autism
16. Hard-On For A Hummer
17. You've Been Hamburgled
18. Does Anyone Have A Boom Stand?
19. Lawn of Decadence (Live)
20. Sense Is Out Of Style (Live)
21. Spin: A Rendez-Vous (Live)
22. Half-A-Billion Ants (Live)
23. Cock Ocean: A Timeless Destination (Live)
24. Striving For Autism (Live)
25. Old Balls (Live)
26. Future Of Eating (Live)
27. Enlarge Your Penis (Live)
28. Toxic Shock Value Meal  (Live)
29. Goddamn Pyramid Building Aliens V.I (Live)
30. Goddamn Pyramid Building Aliens V.II (Live)
31. Demo 1
32. Demo 2
33. Demo 3
34. Demo 4
35. Demo 5
36. Demo 6
37. Demo 7

1. Phoenix Bodies - Get A Job
2. La Quiete - Animali De Fede E Di Memoria

1. Apathy Is Chemistry
2. White People Do This
3. Cobra Commander 2008
4. No Need For Earplugs

1. Get A Job
2. Apathy Is Chemistry
3. White People Do This
4. Cobra Commander 2008
5. No Need For Earplugs
6. Young Dumb And Full Of Guns
7. Surf's Up, Surf City
8. This Place Is A Fucking Dump / Health Control

1. Hewhocorrupts - Mike Muir On Wall Street
2. Hewhocorrupts - Derek Black's Body Karate
3. Hewhocorrupts - Smoke'n In The Boys Room
4. Hewhocorrupts - Jesus Luncheon
5. Hewhocorrupts - Sonofdog
6. Hewhocorrupts - Tommy Camaro's True Story
7. Phoenix Bodies - This Place Is A Fucking Dump
8. Phoenix Bodies - Health Control
9. Phoenix Bodies - Surf's Up, Surf City!
10. Phoenix Bodies - Young, Dumb, And Full Of Guns

3 comments:

  1. Send me an email and I can shoot you the Dream Is Dead tracks.

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  2. Hey, Just wanted to thank you for providing me with so muuch great music I could never afford to buy and introducing me to so many great bands I would never have heard otherwise. You do great work with this blog and I hope you keep it up. Also, thank you for not using zippyshare!

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  3. Mutton dagger? I prefer spam javelin!

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