BODY STUFF - "World of Men"

The third single off my new EP, Body Stuff 2, debuted today via No Echo.

"Of all his work, Body Stuff might be the closest to Reynolds' heart. The solo project serves as a vessel for the NYC-based musician to indulge his various influences in the worlds of industrial, '80s pop, and post-punk. Composed in a house on a lake in Maine, Body Stuff 2 is a forthcoming EP from the project that brings to mind something legendary Long Island new wave-leaning radio station WLIR would have played in the late '80s."
–No Echo

As a young kid, I was raised by my mom and my sister. There were some tough times. We were broke. We moved a lot. There was no father figure in sight. But there was a lot of love between us. For a few years in the late '80s, we lived in a house in the country in Maine, a mile down a dirt road, next to a blueberry field. My mom and I would split wood with an axe to heat the house. I was thinking back to those years when I wrote "World of Men." The song is a tribute to the women who raised me, and the life we had.

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BODY STUFF - "Cabin Song"

The second single off my new EP, Body Stuff 2, debuted today via MetalSucks.

"Creepy, beautiful, inspiring, and an interesting example of the kinds of uncommon influences that can work in heavy music today... 'Cabin Song' starts as a haunting, almost goth-ish post-rock tune that then opens up into a deluge of heavy riffs and sweaty, groaned vocals... When Reynolds sings about staying up late, you can feel the night moving on into the wee hours, and your sanity stretching thin accordingly... And though Reynolds is a New York metal star, the music on the record was written in a cabin on a lake in Maine, which explains the songs theme and eerie atmosphere."

–MetalSucks

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BODY STUFF - "Ice"

My new song "Ice" is here. First song off the new EP, Body Stuff 2, out November 4th on The Path Less Traveled Records.

"'Ice' is a far out jam. The band is decidedly New York, though they pull from seemingly disparate corners of the metropolis. 'Ice' starts out with a rolling, dream pop intro that would fit at home at many a Brooklyn loft. But then, just as the intro fades away, the song devolves into a sonic, post-metal pummeling that would fit right at home on a Swans record. Rarely does a band go from sounding so nice to so mean!"
–PunkNews

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BODY STUFF - Body Stuff 2

Body Stuff 2 will be released November 4th on The Path Less Traveled Records.

Body Stuff 2 is the second EP by Body Stuff, the solo project of Curran Reynolds (ex-Today Is the Day, Wetnurse). The sound is like a dream state where late '80s radio hits, New York City ambience, and industrial-metal power intertwine in brief, radiant rock songs, driven by programmed drums and heart-on-sleeve vocals.

The first Body Stuff EP was written entirely in and about New York City; Body Stuff 2 was composed in a house on a lake in Maine. Lyrics range between ruminations on the past and urgent calls to seize the day. 

Body Stuff 2 was recorded and mixed by Ryan Jones of Mutilation Rites (and ex-Today Is the Day, Wetnurse), and mastered by Brad Boatright (Nails, Full of Hell, Author & Punisher).

Reference points: Bon Jovi, Billy Idol, U2, INXS, Suicide, The Gun Club, Killing Joke, Godflesh

Tracklist:
1) Ice
2) World of Men
3) Witness
4) Cabin Song
5) Coward Song
6) Last Dance

The cover art and layout were created by Brandon Gallagher and Curran Reynolds.

Reviews of the first Body Stuff EP (2013, The Path Less Traveled Records):

"[Body Stuff] exists in a sick reality all its own... There's an analytical passion to the songs, like Killing Joke scoring a David Cronenberg flick."
–Decibel

"Reynolds’s lyrics are a focal point and tell snippets of stories in a hundred words or less that are as haunting as they are evocative... Add to that an otherworldly blend of drone, metal, post-rock, and more that endlessly loops, rises, and falls over a metronomic beat, and we’re looking at something glorious." 
–Stereogum 

"Body Stuff is an extremely personal ode to NYC, with haunting yet alluring, deep vocals - a cross between Justin Broadrick and Michael Gira... A stunning debut, Body Stuff is simple and pure, showcasing immense attention to detail..." 
–Exclaim!

BODY STUFF 2

Coming soon

THE CHAIN

Announcing The Chain, my new venture with Justin Pearson and Brandon Gallagher. Here we go!

facebook.com/thechainworld

instagram.com/thechainworld

twitter.com/thechainworld

soundcloud.com/thechainworld

"The Chain is a new alliance of three creative forces in the music industry: Curran Reynolds, Justin Pearson, Brandon Gallagher. These three have made their mark on the current scene by creating music of their own and by helping the careers of other artists – world-touring musician, label owner, publicist, journalist, booker, promoter, and graphic designer are some of the roles they have played. Now, under the banner of The Chain, Reynolds, Pearson and Gallagher team up to launch a new collective vision, channeling their experience and passion into a music PR company providing next-level publicity and branding to clients they believe in.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Curran Reynolds started his PR career in 2000 as the publicist at Earache Records' New York office then moved on to become one of the most respected indie publicists in the game. As a writer, his work has been published in VICE, Mass Appeal, The Journal, and more. He is the founder of Precious Metal, a weekly series of live shows in New York City that is credited with helping to revitalize the city's metal scene, over its seven-year run. He has toured the world and recorded albums as the drummer of Today Is The Day and Wetnurse. He is currently the vocalist and songwriter for Body Stuff.

Based in San Diego, California, Justin Pearson is a musician who has helped shape the course of the indie music scene since the early '90s. He is the founder of Three One G Records and a member of such bands as The Locust, Head Wound City, Retox, and Dead Cross. He is the author of several books, including From the Graveyard of the Arousal Industry and How To Lose Friends and Irritate People, and a film actor, appearing most recently in Asia Argento's Incompresa with Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Based in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Brandon Gallagher is a young powerhouse in today's hardcore scene, making big moves as a graphic designer and publicist, and as the drummer of Old Wounds."

CR + Nine Circles

Thanks to Nine Circles for this interview about the work I do:
http://ninecircles.co/2016/03/30/profile-curran-reynolds-of-today-is-the-day-body-stuff-and-curran-reynolds-pr/

2015, 2016

Happy holidays, all! 

2015 was a big one. I worked 31 new releases as a publicist. I finished recording my second solo EP, Body Stuff 2. I moved twice, ultimately landing in what is my eleventh and favorite apartment in two decades of NYC life. I began muay thai training. I saw my writing published in Mass Appeal. I buried my grandmother, visited my dad for the first time in years, and witnessed two dear friends get married. I tried sobriety – Dec 31st will mark one year of it.

For a complete recap of my 2015 releases, see here.

Now, to 2016! It all continues. I have some very cool new projects in the works, to be announced. For now, here's the recap of my Jan-Feb releases. As always, I am grateful to be able to put my time toward representing art I believe in. As always, thank you for the work you do.

Jan 29 - Hollow Earth - Parting Remains - Good Fight Music

• Three songs of the Detroit-area band's apocalyptic, metal-clad hardcore, Parting Remains was recorded by Tad Doyle, leader of O.G. Seattle grungers Tad, and mixed and mastered by Greg Thomas of Misery Signals

• A sound that's both facebreaking and heartbreaking, something like the metallic hardcore of Turmoil set in Bolt Thrower's ominous war-torn landscape

• Hollow Earth includes frontman Steve Muczynski and guitarist Mike Moynihan, both ex-members of Shai Hulud

• "One of metallic hardcore's best offerings" –Invisible Oranges

• "Doom-y metallic hardcore nastiness" –Decibel 

• Sample track: https://goodfightent.bandcamp.com/track/no-equilibrium

• More info and images: http://curranreynolds.blogspot.com/search/label/HOLLOW%20EARTH

Feb 5 - Graf Orlock - Crime Traveler - Vitriol Records

• Having spent more than a decade using Hollywood blockbusters as inspiration, LA's Graf Orlock has now taken the next step: third full-length (and tenth overall release) Crime Traveler is an album based entirely on an as-yet-unreleased film the band wrote, directed, and starred in itself

• Crime Traveler tells the story of a French-Canadian assassin who discovers a wormhole and travels back in time to rewrite history in Canada's favor

• Upholding Graf Orlock's rep for the coolest packaging on the planet, Crime Traveler is packaged in an actual, full-size, color newspaper, written and designed by the band

• Slayer-level metallurgy and Black Flag-level rawness meet as Graf Orlock, more than a decade into its career, continues to perfect its sound...

• "The future of music" –VICE

• "Fury, stripped down to its barest form" –MetalSucks

• Sample track: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/graf-orlock-decent-proposal-shitty-alley-stream

• More info and images: http://curranreynolds.blogspot.com/search/label/GRAF%20ORLOCK

Feb 5 - Ghostlimb - Difficult Loves - Vitriol Records

• Ghostlimb is the LA trio fronted by Justin Smith, owner of Vitriol Records and rumored mastermind behind Graf Orlock

• Equal parts violence and melancholy, Difficult Loves churns forward like an alliance between Napalm Death and Hot Water Music! Grindcore meets post-hardcore, as blastbeats and chugs cohabitate with bluesy leads and gruff melody

• By day, Smith is a professor of history, earning him the tag of "The Heavy Metal Professor" in the LA Weekly's 2013 list of "the most interesting people in Los Angeles" – Difficult Loves is filled with references to historical events, from Ancient Greece to modern-day LA...

• Difficult Loves was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Whirr, Beau Navire)

• "Gravel-caked D-beat, hardcore, and grind-lite with an emotional core." -SPIN

• "Melodic and violent." -Exclaim!

• Sample track: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2015/11/ghostlimb_annou.html

• More info and images: http://curranreynolds.blogspot.com/search/label/GHOSTLIMB

Feb 5 - Moon Tooth - Chromaparagon - self-released

• Long Island, NY's Moon Tooth mashes together rock, metal, and blues, into a fusion that bursts with color... A fireworks display of melody and rhythm, its progressive, aggressive sound is brimming with soul, riddled with hairpin turns, and delivered with the grace and swing of real virtuosos

• The soul of Jeff Buckley and the prog-metal chops of BTBAM... the rock of Mastodon and the jams of The Mars Volta...

• On tour all winter, including WSOU's 30th anniversary metal celebration, Feb 20 w/ Candiria and Old Wounds

• Guitarist Nick Lee is also the newest member of classic heavy metal act Riot

• "An undeniably strange, totally kick-ass beast" –MetalSucks

• "Moon Tooth leads the wolfpack... with shred" –GearGods

• Sample track: http://www.metalsucks.net/2015/11/23/exclusive-track-premiere-moon-tooths-queen-wolf/

• More info and images: http://curranreynolds.blogspot.com/search/label/MOON%20TOOTH

Feb 12 - Eight Bells - Landless - Battleground Records

• The majesty of '70s Pink Floyd – ethereal vocals, soaring guitars – combines with Victorian ghostliness and modern-day black/doom intensity in a sound that transcends time entirely

• Recorded and mixed by Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Leviathan) and mastered by Justin Weis (Pallbearer, Agalloch)

• From Portland, OR, consisting of current/former members of SubArachnoid Space, Curezum, Immortal Bird, Thrawsunblat

• US tour in February w/ Voivod and Vektor

• "A tour-de-force... out-there progression, ethereal atmosphere, and unexpected harmonies." –Noisey

• Sample track: http://noisey.vice.com/blog/eight-bells

• More info and images: http://curranreynolds.blogspot.com/search/label/EIGHT%20BELLS

Coming soon - Black Black Black - Altered States of Death and Grace - Aqualamb Records

• Hard-rockin' Brooklyn "doom pop" on Aqualamb Records, the Brooklyn label that releases albums in the form of beautifully designed, 100-pg, softbound books!

THANKS

THANKS

THANKS

What's new

Descending into holiday time... Here's a recap of my newest releases.

Nov 13 - Chain Gang Grave - Bury Them and Keep Quiet - self-released

• The rawest punk, the murkiest metal... Layers of noise, cryptic riffs, primal stomps, double-bass charges, howls of pure desperation... CGG nods to The Birthday Party, Flipper, Rites of Spring, Eyehategod, and even Voivod!
• One of Brooklyn's exciting young prospects, the very newest in a recent legacy that includes punk/metal creeps like Raspberry Bulbs, Villains, Pollution, and Couch Slut!
• "Discordant, noisy, anti-social... Great shit." –Noisey
• "Punk, ugly and hemorrhaging noise..." –Decibel

• "The band's parade of horrors is seamless... A melting pot of antisocial tendencies." –Stereogum

Dec 4 - Muscle Beach - Muscle Beach - Sailor Records
• Denver trio brings the angst and the hooks in equal doses on debut LP – it's an extremely driving, rockin' brand of post-hardcore, in line with Refused, The Bronx, and Kvelertak... All that, plus lyrics about pirates and aliens!

• Produced by Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation)

• "Denver's best hardcore band" –Westword

• "Post-Fugazi hardcore... a shambling, jagged basher." –PunkNews

• "First-rate... A wickedly good balance of Fugazi's discipline and Refused's intensity." –PopMatters

Feb 5 - Graf Orlock - Crime Traveler - Vitriol Records

• Having spent more than a decade using Hollywood blockbusters as inspiration, LA's Graf Orlock has now taken the next step: third full-length (and tenth overall release) Crime Traveler is an album based entirely on an as-yet-unreleased film the band wrote, directed, and starred in itself!

• Crime Traveler tells the story of a French-Canadian assassin who discovers a wormhole and travels back in time to rewrite history in Canada's favor!
• Upholding Graf Orlock's rep for the coolest packaging on the planet, Crime Traveler is packaged in an actual, full-size, color newspaper, written and designed by the band!

• Slayer-level metallurgy and Black Flag-level rawness meet as Graf Orlock, more than a decade into its career, continues to perfect its sound...

• "The future of music" –VICE

Feb 5 - Ghostlimb - Difficult Loves - Vitriol Records

• Ghostlimb is the LA trio fronted by Justin Smith, owner of Vitriol Records and rumored mastermind behind Graf Orlock!

• Ten years since its self-titled debut album, Ghostlimb has chiseled its style down to a supremely effective form on fifth full-length Difficult Loves... 

• Equal parts violence and melancholy, Difficult Loves churns forward like an alliance between Napalm Death and Hot Water Music! Grindcore meets post-hardcore, as blastbeats and chugs cohabitate with bluesy leads and gruff melody...
• By day, Smith is a professor of history, earning him the tag of "The Heavy Metal Professor" in the LA Weekly's 2013 list of "the most interesting people in Los Angeles" – Difficult Loves is filled with references to historical events, from Ancient Greece to modern-day LA...
• Difficult Loves was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Whirr, Beau Navire)
• "Gravel-caked D-beat, hardcore, and grind-lite with an emotional core." -SPIN
• "Melodic and violent." -Exclaim!
• "What Converge would sound like with slightly bluesier guitar riffs..." -MetalSucks

Feb 5 - Moon Tooth - Chromaparagon - self-released 

• NY's Moon Tooth mashes together rock, metal, and blues, into a fusion that bursts with color... A fireworks display of melody and rhythm, its progressive, aggressive sound is brimming with soul, riddled with hairpin turns, and delivered with the grace and swing of real virtuosos!

• The soul of Jeff Buckley and the prog-metal chops of BTBAM... the rock of Mastodon and the jams of The Mars Volta...

• "An undeniably strange, totally kick-ass beast" –MetalSucks

Feb 12 - Eight Bells - Landless - Battleground Records

• The majesty of '70s Pink Floyd – ethereal vocals, soaring guitars – combines with 19th-century ghostliness and modern-day metal flourishes in a sound that transcends time entirely!

• Recorded and mixed by Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Leviathan) and mastered by Justin Weis (Pallbearer, Agalloch)

• From Portland, OR, consisting of current/former members of SubArachnoid Space, Curezum, Immortal Bird, Thrawsunblat!

• US tour in February w/ Voivod and Vektor!

• "A tour-de-force... out-there progression, ethereal atmosphere, and unexpected harmonies." –Noisey

Early 2016 - Black Black Black - Altered States of Death and Grace - Aqualamb Records

• Hard-rockin' Brooklyn "doom pop" on Aqualamb Records, the Brooklyn label that releases albums in the form of beautifully designed, 100-pg, softbound books!

THANKS
THANKS
THANKS