A New York-based hardcore trio who augment their minimal bass-and-drums assault with samples, electronic manipulation, and the occasional report of a banjo, Show Me the Body are musical activists, dedicated to protecting the people and culture of their community as well as the city's underground music scene. Initially attached to New York's Letter Racer collective, they released a series of critically acclaimed EPs and albums including 2016's full-length Body War, which netted them a deal with Loma Vista. Over the next several years, Show Me the Body released a handful of small releases and began a community effort called Corpus which is centered around collaboration within their musical neighborhood. After producing music for several other Corpus artists, they returned with 2019's socially conscious Dog Whistle.

Taking their name from the legal term "corpus delicti," Show Me the Body feature Julian Cashwan Pratt on lead vocals and banjo, Harlan Steed on bass, and Noah Cohen-Corbett on drums. The group's story began when Pratt and Steed were both students at Elisabeth Irwin High School, a progressive school in Manhattan. The two became friends and decided to form a band. Initially known as U-Lock Justice, the group became a trio with the addition of Cohen-Corbett and changed their name to Show Me the Body. Becoming part of the Letter Racer collective -- a community of conscious underground artists and musicians that also includes the hip-hop group Ratking -- Show Me the Body soon developed a potent reputation in New York City, playing to growing crowds in makeshift alternative venues around the city. In 2015, Letter Racer released the group's first EP, S M T B, and an album followed in 2016. Titled Body War, the LP earned enthusiastic press and attracted the attention of the independent label Loma Vista Records. Loma Vista struck a deal with Show Me the Body and reissued the debut album before 2016 was out. In January 2017, Show Me the Body made headlines in the music press when, shortly after they had been announced as part of the lineup for the 2017 Coachella Festival, they declared they would not take part in the event. Two days later, they announced they would be playing Coachella after all, and while in California, they would also perform benefit shows for environmental and LGBT-related charities, as well as donating their performance fee from the festival to the same organizations. Later that year, the band released a highly collaborative mixtape, Corpus 1, with various artists from their musical community. Inspired by working together, the band launched Corpus as a community effort and in 2018 produced projects for friends like Dreamcrusher, Dog Breath, and Tripp Jones. Show Me the Body returned to their own work the following year and released Dog Whistle, their sophomore album. Two years later, the band issued the hard-hitting EP Survive. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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