Body/Head - The SwitchBody Head, the duo of Kim Gordon (CKM, Sonic Youth, Free Kitten) and guitarist Bill Nace (X. O. 4, Vampire Belt, Ceylon Mange), release their second studio album, The Switch, on Matador Records. Their debut album together as Body Head, Coming Apart, from 2013, was more of a rock record heavy, emotional, cathartic, spellwork in shades of black and grey. The Switch is their second studio full length and it finds the duo working with a more subtle

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