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Brooklyn-based noise rock/punk outsiders FOREIGN BODY will release their gnarled second LP, Libertine, through Brutal Panda Records on September 11th. Today, they unveil the album’s cover art, track listing, preorders, and the scathing new song and corresponding video for “Trophy.”
FOREIGN BODY plays raw, hideous, and vulgar music emblematic of the seedy underbelly of yesterday’s New York City – where sex workers walked the streets freely, rubble and decay were prevalent, drugs were readily available, and every businessman’s briefcase contained a loaded gun. The quartet spins Musou black yarns that polite society would rather have swept under the rug, soundtracking them with jaw-clenching and furious mid-tempo punk exploding with fresh ideas. And even though FOREIGN BODY drips with a loathsome mix of hatred for modern living and a desire for its immolation, they’re also one of music’s most promising faces.
FOREIGN BODY’s new album Libertine is a wholly relentless album with unflinching portrayals of vice, perversions, and glorified excesses. The album was recorded by Matt Russell (REZN, Oozing Wound, Big Laugh), mixed and mastered at STR in San Diego by Matt Ibarra of Rectal Hygienics and completed with artwork by vocalist Hugh Potter. This is a must-hear record for fans of Brainbombs, Couch Slut, Rectal Hygenics, Unsane, Chat Pile, The Birthday Party, Flipper, Big Black, and labelmates Intercourse.
The band reveals, “The notion of Libertine is the idea of an individual, usually people with a lot of wealth that have the capacity to act upon their desires to the fullest extent. It’s an investigation of that idea to its farthest, impossible conclusion, within literature and a modern context.”
The raucous new video for “Trophy” was directed by FOREIGN BODY bassist Thomas Koenig and vocalist Hugh Potter.
Watch the video for FOREIGN BODY’s “Trophy” on YouTube HERE and stream the song on Bandcamp where the prior track “Strung Out” is streaming HERE.
Libertine will be released on colored LP, CS, CD, and Digital formats on September 11th. Find preorders at the Brutal Panda webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE, and digital preaves HERE.
Libertine Track Listing:
1. Strung Out
2. White Lord Of Hell
3. Passed Around
4. Hind Legs
5. Trophy
6. When Sex Is Not Enough
7. Man Was Meant To Take Advantage
8. Born For This
9. Libertines
10. Beauty Is A Hammer
FOREIGN BODY is booking live dates surrounding the album’s release, including a tour across the Eastern and Midwest states in September. Expect additional live updates to post as the record’s release draws near.
FOREIGN BODY Tour Dates:
7/17/2026 Love City Manayunk – Philadelphia, PA w/ PLQ MRX
9/18/2026 McDuffs – Philadelphia, PA
9/19/2026 Preserving Shows – Pittsburgh, PA
9/20/2026 The Brass Rail – Ft. Wayne, IN
9/21/2026 TBA – St. Louis, MO
9/22/2026 Backline At Avondale Music Hall – Chicago, IL
9/23/2026 TBA – Indianapolis, IN
9/24/2026 Portal – Louisville, KY
9/25/2026 TBA – Columbus, OH
9/26/2026 Pie Shop – Washington, DC
FOREIGN BODY:
Hugh Potter – vocals, saxophone
Nikolai Kapetan – guitar
Collin Melazzo – drums
Thomas Koenig – bass
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