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Restiform Bodies (band)

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Years active
  
2000–present

Website
  
www.anticon.com

Record label
  
Anticon

Associated acts
  
Bat Rays

Active from
  
2000

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Labels
  
Anticon, Weapon-Shaped, 6months

Members
  
Bomarr, Telephone Jim Jesus, Passage

Albums
  
TV Loves You Back, Sun Hop Flat, Newbliette, Oubliette, Restiform Bodies

Genres
  
Alternative hip hop, Underground hip hop

Similar
  
Alias, Jel, Odd Nosdam, The Ambience Affair, Butterfly Explosion

Restiform Bodies is an alternative hip hop trio based in San Francisco, California. It consists of rapper Passage and producers Bomarr and Telephone Jim Jesus. The band is currently signed to Anticon.

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History

Passage and Bomarr (then known as The Bomarr Monk) self-released the album Moods & Symptoms in 2000. Soon after, Passage formed Restiform Bodies with his high school friends Bomarr and Telephone Jim Jesus. Their self-titled debut album, Restiform Bodies, was released on 6months in 2001.

In 2002, the band toured across the United States and Canada with Sole and Kevin Blechdom.

Restiform Bodies released their Anticon debut, TV Loves You Back, in 2008. In promotion of the album, the band toured nationally with their labelmate Why?.

Albums

  • Oubliette (2000)
  • Restiform Bodies (2001)
  • Sun Hop Flat (2001)
  • TV Loves You Back (2008)
  • TV Loves You Back: Remixes (2013)
  • Singles

  • "I Want What You Want" b/w "Recycle America" (2003)
  • Compilation appearances

  • "Sippy Cup" on Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004 (2004)
  • Songs

    Panic ShopperTV Loves You Back · 2008
    Bobby Trendy AddendumTV Loves You Back · 2008
    Consumer Culture WaveTV Loves You Back · 2008

    References

    Restiform Bodies (band) Wikipedia