Recorded at Velveteen Laboratory Studios in Los Angeles with producer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Courtney Barnett, Kim Gordon), Body Type have today released their new single ‘Sick Bag’ from their forthcoming album Tally. LISTEN HERE + WATCH HERE.

‘Sick Bag’ arrived quickly. “Our first ever song to feature a mellotron — a true Stella moment,” says vocalist and guitarist Sophie McComish. “This one just poured out of me like ink in a broken biro.” Written during a relationship that felt increasingly one-sided, the song emerged after a conversation with bandmate Annabel Blackman, who pointed out the unusual patience McComish was showing someone who couldn’t meet her halfway.

The result is one of Body Type’s most vulnerable songs to date, examining the fine line between generosity and self-erasure. “It could be a beautiful thing, really. When someone loves you so hard it makes you feel sick. Someone make me spew!” says McComish.

Directed by Madeline Purdy and produced by Lucinda White, the video leans into the song’s physicality and emotional excess. Shot by cinematographer Tommy Thoms with special effects makeup by Melinda Allan, the crew transforms a heartbreak into something visually visceral and darkly funny. The clip was filmed on location in Sydney’s Martin Place, with Purdy and her team committing fully to the bit and the surroundings. “Everyone thought we were shooting content for Macquarie Bank, even when Sophie started vomiting,” says Purdy. “If nothing else, we gave those on their lunch break some entertainment, and the security guards something to do. Making art in Martin Place in corporate wear is a challenge we all enjoyed.”

‘Sick Bag’ firmly adds to the growing new era of Body Type. Following Expired Candy, the new record Tally processes a strong, shifting sense of self without resorting to grand statements. It is, as the band suggests, about how time shapes identity. The songs make the case quietly, but they make it.

Fresh off their biggest-ever Australian headline show at Sydney’s White Bay Power Station and a packed-out set at Melbourne’s Punters Club, the band will join Tropical Fuck Storm, Winston Surfshirt, Miss Kaninna, and others on the ticketed Enmore Theatre stage at Sydney’s King Street Crawl on July 12, before heading to the UK and Europe in October supporting Courtney Barnett. Spanning 13 dates, the tour stops in Berlin, Cologne, Utrecht, Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris, Glasgow, Gateshead, Nottingham, Manchester, Bristol, and two nights at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town.