Nu-hardcore quintet, Bodyweb, are the sound of someone’s nervous system on the verge of breakdown—hyperactive, tormented and unflinchingly vulnerable. Born out of the Leeds hardcore scene, they’re a shape-shifting alloy of jagged emotion and precision chaos. Signing with Flatspot Records (Speed, Scowl, End It), the band enters its next chapter with the deadwired EP slated for release on September 5th.
Bodyweb’s second EP is a violent thesis on connection and pain that sends Louis Hardy’s unfiltered vocals through heaven and hell. Single “deadwire,” out now, transforms suffering into catharsis. The track bounces between explosive heaviness, brain-burrowing hooks, and a melancholic synth-led second act. The video, directed by Martina Pastori, captures the band’s frantic energy amongst the urban backdrop of Leeds. Watch it HERE and stream HERE.
On the deeply personal meaning behind the track, Hardy shares:
“It’s about fading relationships, cutting people off, and seeking truth in a world of lies. Life is full of suffering, but being entirely blameless for your own suffering is a surefire way to becoming disconnected from your own soul. It’s important to have faith in something.”
deadwired is available for preorder now through Flatspot Records.
What began as late-night jams between Louis Hardy (Higher Power, Big Cheese, Fate) and Ben Jones (Pest Control) eventually mutated into train_wreck_simulation, a debut EP filled with frantic breakdowns and nu-metal swag that feels like the soundtrack to a digital exorcism. The final piece of the puzzle came from Hardy’s estranged childhood friend, pq (Nihiloxica). His haunted samples and disturbing synthetic textures inject cyberpunk soul into hardcore flesh. Contorting through several iterations in the following years, the band absorbed Luke Thompson (Stiff Meds) on drums, hardcore archivist Tom Hobson (Dai Tan Films) on guitar, and Naomi Macleod (Empire State Bastard) on bass, and laid down their first collective offering, deadwired.
Entirely self-produced, deadwired upgrades the sonic formula laid down on the last record and raises the question: what else could exist in Bodyweb’s twisted roadmap? Nothing seems impossible.
