WARM BODIES / THE WORLD - Live!

!!! This is, like, the best thing I would've NEVER asked for. A live split tape between Kansas City's Warm Bodies and Oakland's World--or should I say "THE World"? I don't know, English grammar isn't really my forte , I've kinda been yucking it up for the past year in hopes that I come off as semi-literate. But back to the subject at hand: I don't know why this tape came to be, but it's an absolute godsend. Ian, who plays guitar in Warm Bodies, linked this over to me about two days after I uploaded their "domo" to my channel, and is unassumingly milking my channel for all it's worth by asking for this tape to be uploaded as well, if I've got the time. Well, here you go, Ian; enjoy some more free publicity, courtesy of some nobody's YouTube channel that's got about 2,877 more subscribers than it deserves. You're lucky that you're band's one of the greatest things to come out of Kansas City since--well, nothing really, since it's Kansas City--otherwise this tape woulda found it's way into my cyber-dumpster before the end of the week. I understand that some people may not be all too hyped on live releases. Subjectively-speaking, they can sometimes be a compilation of lesser-quality recordings for songs that you've already heard a dozen times over, which may even fall completely flat if the set's energy isn't conveyed all too well. Thankfully, there's two things that stop this live split from slipping into obscurity: One, it's fucking Warm Bodies and The World, and two, there's three new songs that're hidden among the other 13 tracks (and by "new", I mean songs that have yet to be featured on a release, at least from as far as I can tell), with those tracks being Warm Bodies' "Snake In A Hole" and "Charmeleon", as well as The World's "In Pieces". The tracks "Checkerboard Delight" and "Chet Baker" appear to be renames "At the Laundromat" and "Shivering" respectively, but are otherwise identical. You really can't ask for much more than that; it's more of what you already love, with a lil' bit of gravy on top. I'm sure you're more-than-familiar with Warm Bodies by now, seeing that I've already posted them more than a week back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABWobIn-Lz4), but it's possible that The World is a complete enigma to you. Considering that the only online presence that the group maintains is a single Tumblr blog (http://theworldband.tumblr.com/), it'd be easy for them to slip under your radar. The World, which is a five-piece hailing from Oakland, California, released their debut "Managerial Material" EP back in early-April, which effectively projected their musical splendor straight into the unsuspecting ears of brain-dead punks from all over. Anyone who hasn't already been subjected to their dance-friendly post-punk sounds through their previous shows were surely swept off their feet as they tried to make sense out of the group's dual-saxophone usage, and subsequently had their minds melted once they took heed as to how cohesive their nontraditional line-up is. A saxophone doesn't often see itself into a post-punk band, let alone two, which is what makes this group so special. When I first listened to their "Managerial Material" EP, I could barely even process its finer intricacies, but I knew that I had the compulsive desire to dance around my bedroom for a bit. Not to mention the two amazing tracks that found their way onto Not Normal's Bughouse I Mixtape Mk.III, with those being "Some Like It Hot" and "Namaste Me" (which is also found in this live tape) that pretty much cemented my eternal-love for The World--no, not OUR world, that world can go fuck itself. But if OUR world has a band like THE World playing in it, then maybe it ain't so bad. In short, listen to this, dummy. It may be a 30 minute-long unedited live recording, but it's a live recording of two of the best bands to come out of their respective cities. This is just a taste of what's hopefully to come from these two punk powerhouses. TRACK LIST: WARM BODIES: My Face Fell Off - 0:00 Checkerboard Delight - 1:27 Turn Me Into Gel - 2:58 Snake In A Hole - 4:44 The Psychic Connection - 6:45 Whats Yr Name? - 9:14 Crybaby - 11:15 Charmeleon - 13:30 THE WORLD: Some Like It Hot - 16:04 Namaste Me - 20:21 In Pieces - 23:21 Chet Baker - 26:00 Loser - 27:23 New Pearls - 29:40 Ghost Town - 31:49 Managerial Material - 34:43 DOWNLOAD: http://warmbodies100.bandcamp.com/album/warm-bodies-the-world-live