Sidebody

orn. The band gained local traction through their raucously intimate live shows, drawing hundreds at Somerville Porchfest, opening for Maggie Rogers at the Paradise Rock Club, headlining the reopening of Cambridge’s Cantab Lounge, and airing on 88.1 WMBR and 92.5 The River. Members often switch instruments and write songs onstage, speaking to each other with the spark and stumble of newness and fluidity of years. After they released their first record, “sidebody,” in august 2022, the band kept promising each other they would record another album. A hole in sponge time brought them to the studio, where they found themselves reasserting connection through sound. Underneath: synth loops, jumped octaves, pacing bass and tom heartbeats. On top: improvised harmonies, pet theories, call-and-response, and jokes. Everyone was writing and singing lead; no one escaped their turn in the iso booth. They played everything a little faster than they meant to, but it sounded right. Their new record, full time job, comes out in may 2024. sidebody is Hava Horowitz, Lena Warnke, Martha Schnee and Cara Giaimo. Photos by Lucie March.