{"id":41444,"date":"2025-03-03T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41444"},"modified":"2025-03-02T08:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:34:25","slug":"intensive-care-the-body-unleash-a-sonic-nightmare-with-was-i-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=41444","title":{"rendered":"Intensive Care + The Body unleash a sonic nightmare with\u00a0\u2018Was I Good Enough?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When two forces of sonic destruction collide, the result is nothing short of seismic. Toronto\u2019s <strong>Intensive Care<\/strong> (Andrew Nolan and Ryan Bloomer) and Rhode Island\u2019s <strong>The Body<\/strong> (Chip King and Lee Buford) have joined forces for \u2018<strong>Was I Good Enough?<\/strong>,\u2019 a collaborative album that feels like it was ripped from the depths of some industrial nightmare. Across eight tracks, the duo conjures a world of glitch-ridden noise, guttural howls, and a punishing electronic backbone\u2014melding their individual styles into something raw, volatile, and hypnotic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, they unleash the album\u2019s second single, <strong><em>The Riderless Mount<\/em>,<\/strong> a track that pulses with menace and restraint. According to Nolan, the song is their \u201c<em>ode to different eras of hip-hop.\u201d<\/em> The first half strips everything down to vocals and an amplified Roland TR-808, letting the rawness shine. Then, as The Body takes over, the guitars slow to a crawl, get diced up in a sampler, and reassembled into a warped, uneasy rhythm. In true DIY spirit, Chip\u2019s vocals were recorded straight into Nolan\u2019s iPhone in a green room before a show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/19Ddo2v2LhM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>A Collaboration Years in the Making<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The seeds for \u2018<strong>Was I Good Enough?<\/strong>\u2019 were planted back in 2018 when the bands toured together, but it wasn\u2019t until 2021 that the project took shape. The Body laid the foundation, sending raw material to Intensive Care, and over the next year and a half, both groups twisted and reshaped the music into something unrecognizable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>What started as years and years of admiration\u2014both musically and personally\u2014turned into a full-fledged album,\u201d<\/em> says Lee Buford of The Body. Bloomer echoes the sentiment: \u201c<em>We\u2019ve always connected with The Body\u2019s approach. In a conventional sense, we\u2019re both rooted in heavy music, but we push beyond those limits, redefining what \u2018heavy\u2019 even means.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do that, they leaned into <strong>chopped and screwed<\/strong> production\u2014a technique pioneered in Houston hip-hop. Slowing down, stretching out, and layering elements, they warped the raw material into something darkly hypnotic. \u201c<em>We deliberately slowed parts down, doubled up on vocals, and leaned into those hip-hop techniques,\u201d<\/em> Bloomer explains. \u201c<em>It\u2019s this real back-and-forth between two bands, coming together to make something entirely new.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Was I Good Enough?<\/strong> Drops March 14<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pre-order the album now<\/strong> and prepare for impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3993.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3993.jpeg?resize=900%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Was I Good Enough? Cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-41447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3993.jpeg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3993.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3993.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_3993.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artwork by <strong>Jon Kortland<\/strong> (Iron Lung \/ Pig Heart Transplant)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tracklist:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mistakes Have Been Made<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swallowed by the God<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Misunderstanding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At Death\u2019s Door<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Riderless Mount<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cartography of Suffering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unwanted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mandelbrot Anamnesis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Intensive Care<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-ctkkkul-itjldhidjy-o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-ctkkkul-itjldhidjy-b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a><br><strong>The Body<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-ctkkkul-itjldhidjy-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anotherside.cmail20.com\/t\/y-l-ctkkkul-itjldhidjy-p\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>When two forces of sonic destruction collide, the result is nothing short of seismic. 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