MEATBODIES - Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom 2LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition orange double colour vinyl.

Highly recommended.

The saga of the making of this album, their first full length since 2017s Alice, could fill a book but it’s finally here and happy to report that it’s incredible!

Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom is the Meatbodies most varied and realized work to date and a massive step forward, both by conventional standards and considering its tumultuous path toward completion.

The album recalls the searing Blue Cheer-meets-Iggy Pop-with-psychedelia that permeated previous releases, but adds new elements of shoegaze, classic alternative, Britpop, drone, and hints of country - blazing trails without ever sounding forced or alien.

Simultaneously an ode to ’80s LA punk and the rise of indie/alternative music in the U.K., Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom plays like a radio station broadcasting from the void, with a cosmic playlist of early Pink Floyd, Ramones, Roky Erickson, Kinks, and Spacemen 3.

And while those names may seem outwardly disparate, Chad Ubovich crafts a distinctively Meatbodies arc among the songs, creating an eclectic and unmistakably cohesive piece of work in total. It all adds up to an effort that shows strength in its diversity, which is only secondary to its impeccable songwriting.