Chicago’s heavy noise band Latter dropped their new video for “My Body Is My Sickness” today, a track that’s been picking up steam since the duo went viral last month.
Fronted by Meredith and rounded out by Jon, the band’s female-led sound digs into raw, personal territory. The song, which started as a rant about an ex charging Meredith money for a breakup, hit a nerve online, but it’s more than a petty jab. It’s about losing control—of your body, your health, your autonomy—in toxic relationships and a society that doesn’t care.
Meredith wrote the song while wrestling with long COVID, a chronic illness that’s left her feeling like her body’s a liability.
“It’s unpredictable, something I have to fight against,” she said in an interview with punknews.org last year.
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That struggle bleeds into the lyrics, tying her personal health battles to broader ideas: women’s bodies objectified, shamed, and dismissed, whether by abusive partners or a medical system that shrugs them off. “As non-men, we’re taught our bodies aren’t ours,” she noted, pointing to how illness, exploitation, and stigma pile on.
The video leans into that frustration. Meredith faces off with a monotone doctor, yelling and reclaiming space in a system that ignored her for years. “It took so long to get a diagnosis,” she said. “Doctors never listened, insisted I was fine.”
It’s aggressive, unpolished, and fits Latter’s heavy noise vibe—less about polish, more about gut.
The band formed by accident in 2022 when Meredith, done with music after years in the scene, posted on Instagram looking for a screamo project. Jon, a friend of a friend, showed up.
They clicked, ditched the screamo label, and started writing together, recording with Pete Grossman at Bricktop Studios to amp up the heaviness.
“My Body Is My Sickness” is systemic. Meredith ties her story to a bigger picture: “Our bodies are permeable. We don’t have full control. Disability, illness—it’s not if, it’s when.”
The song’s a middle finger to shame, from her ex’s fallout to the stigma of an STI diagnosis that reshaped how she saw her body. It’s not subtle, but it’s real.
The video premiere lands as Latter preps their second album, set for recording early this year.
