Off-kilter art rock shoegazers, Ablebody, are sharing a new tune with us. Where their debut release was covered in a veil of gloom and unsettling dissonance, this new single, "After Hours," is a gutsy Britpop suckerpunch. Skillfully accentuating offbeat syllables, Hochheim creates musical punctuations with his words, matching the driving beat underneath it all. Spacey synths, dreamy reverb-drenched guitars, and the atmospheric layers we’ve come to know from Ablebody are all still intact, but this slightly new direction is a welcome one. Stream "After Hours" below and catch them on their tour with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart tomorrow night May 7 at The Troubadour. – Jacqueline Caruso
