Metal
Thrill Jockey · 13 November 2026
The Body, the duo of Chip King (guitar and vocals) and Lee Buford (percussion and electronics), are sharing a record again. This time their partner is Cel Genesis, the Oakland project of Christopher Danko, who’s credited with the music on its releases. “Whole Wide World” came out on 13 November on Thrill Jockey, on limited-edition vinyl, gatefold CD and digital. According to the album notes, the idea of working together came up on tour and the record took shape over two years, across several sessions and a lot of editing: some pieces grew from electronic beds by Cel Genesis that the group edited and arranged, others from beds of live drumming by Buford and Nick Cowman. The notes describe a record about the past, nostalgia and lost hope.
It’s eight tracks and around 37 minutes, from “Ghost” to “Everything”. The credits list Buford, King, Danko, Cowman and Pauline Poderoso, who’d already sung with Danko on “Shallow Dream (Redux)”, released on 1 May. Seth Manchester recorded it in December 2025 at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and also produced and mastered it. The credits also include recording by Andrew Oswald in Oakland, dated February 2025.
It’s the latest in a long run of collaborations for The Body, who’ve shared albums with Thou, BIG|BRAVE, OAA and Dis Fig. The duo’s last record on their own, “All the Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood”, came out on 25 July 2025.
Text by Roger Estivill