Bodywash

This event took place on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 3:30 PM UTC.

Venue: Flatstock Stage at Austin Convention Center Bodywash was formed in 2014 when Chris Steward and Rosie Long Decter began jamming in a basement rehearsal room at McGill University. Bonding over a shared affection for shoegaze and dream pop, the two found an immediate chemistry. When it came time to make a full-length album, Bodywash enlisted Nigel Ward to record the LP. The album “Comforter” was mixed by Taylor Smith and Austin Tufts of the band Braids, and was mastered by Evan Tighe. The result is the perfect insomniac’s record, a late-night album of emotional extremes, from the enveloping warmth of shoegaze to the stark electronics of 90s trip-hop and IDM. Guitars blur in and out, melodies vanish and appear, synths blinking like lights in a fog. It’s an album of obsessive detail buried in a blur of reverb. It draws you in and pushes you away in equal measure.