Christoph Hochheim has an intimate history with New York’s shoegaze/dreampop scene, as a past member of the now-defunct shoegaze/chiptune The Depreciation Guild and a current member of The Pains of Being Pure At Heart along with Anton Hochheim.
However, the brothers have also been working as Ablebody, a Los Angeles passion project that first featured remixes and covers, but later grew to self-release High Home, a three-song instrumental EP with ethereal cries, bent-out guitars, and dying electronics. 2013’s All My Everybody EP developed with 80’s soft and clipping synth vibes. Slower and more sensual, the five songs now had Christoph’s warm and reassuring in front of the mix, even as the album dealt with more serious feels per an interview with BYT. Ablebody’s latest release dates back to last year, but does a complete 360-reverse-moonwalk to the dancey indie pop "After Hours" before getting rugged with fuzzy B-side "Lose Your Head".
Ablebody will play their first set since early January this Friday for Young Lover’s fifth night of residency along with Sacramento’s glazed out indie pop quintet Soft Science and the jangle-psych group Deep Fields. Listen below to their 2014 7" split "Ablebody". – Ryan Mo, photo credit Nick Marshall