The Body & Dis FigBest The Body & Dis Fig Albums Ranked

Orchards of a Futile Heaven

loudandquiet

9.0

“Felicia Dorothea Herman’s Casabianca is a poem that sticks with you. Stretching out a moment in the Battle of the Nile, as the French flagship burns under a midnight moon, Herman’s work captures a moment of serenity in violence, her camera pointing dispassionately at the ship’s deck, focusing on the unmoving figure of a young boy frozen while the blaze slowly engulfs him. As an image of impending”

Orchards of a Futile Heaven

guardian

8.0

“US duo the Body, who have long operated in the post-apocalyptic remains of metal and noise, team up here with Dis Fig, AKA Berlin-based DJ, producer and vocalist Felicia Chen, known for her brilliantly unsettling 2019 album Purge and a subsequent full-length collab with the Bug. Here, there are times when the dub-wise feel is rather like Kevin Martin’s insectile alias at his most jaded and speaker”