Living Body is the new project from Leeds-based Chicagoan Jeff T. Smith (formerly, Juffage) featuring longtime collaborators Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sky Larkin, Wild Beasts, Sleater-Kinney) and Tom Evans (Vessels). Rising from the ashes of their acclaimed “Sonic Cauldron” concert at Left Bank Leeds in 2013, the group is now augmented by new and additional live members Alice Rowan (Mayshe-Mayshe) & Sarah Statham (Esper Scout). Expanding on the need for music to bring joy into the lives of others, and Smith’s fascination with the contortion of the pop song into a uniquely imaginative and immediate form, Living Body aims to exist in a world of skin and information overload in 2016.
All instruments played & recorded by Jeff T. Smith, On the new album also features:
Tom Evans: French horn on “Choose”, bass on “Trail Mix, pt. 2”, guitar on “Last Few True”
Katie Harkin: Vocals on “Declaration of Independence”, “I Recollect”, and “Last Few True”, guitar on “Trail Mix, pt. 2”
Jenna Isherwood: Viola on “Declaration of Independence”, “Choose”, “I Recollect”, and “Trail Mix, pt. 2”
Pete Mycroft: Trumpet on “Choose”
The Fat Angel Sings 