Show Me The Body started as a band in 2009 consisting of Julian Cashwan Pratt (banjo and vocals), Harlan Steed (bass), and Gabriel Millman (drums). Jackie McDermott (current drummer) joined the band in 2020. Their unique sound is heavily influenced, both sonically and in attitude, by the city that reared them: New York. The band has been at the forefront of the city's underground since the release of their 2014 EP Yellow Kidney. Over the ensuing years Show Me The Body established themselves as one of the most exciting bands in the city, through their torrid live show and distinctive sonics. Dog Whistle, Show Me The Body's most immediate and critically acclaimed body of work to date, is heavy yet honest. The album was produced by Chris Coady, Show Me The Body, and Gabriel Millman (original drummer and current in-house producer). Dog Whistle was written in Long Island City, Queens and recorded in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 2018. "Dog Whistle is a call-to-arms directed at the community, its sonic urgency reflecting the mounting challenges of surviving in the city," writes The FADER. The album was released on March 29th, 2019 and follows Show Me The Body's debut album Body War. Show Me The Body has spent the last several years building and elevating a community of like minded artists and creative collaborators called CORPUS. The first CORPUS release was an eponymous mixtape featuring Denzel Curry, Princess Nokia, Eartheater, Moor Mother, and more. Corpus has also released projects from Trippjones, Dreamcrusher, and Dog Breath. More recently, Show Me The Body toured with Code Orange and King Krule.

"In April of 2019 Nick Hochmuth reached out to me on Instagram asking if I’d like to do vocals over demos he had made for a previous band that had never been used. I agreed and that was the start of the band. The first person I asked to join was the man with the vicious hands on the kit, Devon Austrie. Although he has ZERO background in hardcore or punk he was down and we as a trio proceeded to record The Demo. I came up with the name Move as I wanted a band name that was short and 1 word, when you read it you understood what this band wanted you to do, and lastly have an influence from the Black radical tradition which we wanted to pay homage to the M.O.V.E Organization from Philadelphia. As soon as we recorded and released our demo lockdown period had struck, so we were unable to play any shows and thought the best use of our time was to write some more music. Then actually form a full band that could play shows and that's when we asked both Andrew Crumby and Jake MacLean to join us in late 2020 leading into 2021. The 5 of us recorded the Freedom Dreams EP together at Tower Farm studio and continued to play some shows and write an LP through 2022 and then now we are in here in June 2023 finally putting out some new jams."