Name: Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom
Brand: Meatbodies

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

ITR384

Colour

Black

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-03-08

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Supplier GB

Forte

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Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

7597185384108

Total Cap

Black LPx2

ITR384CD

759718538427

Artist

Meatbodies

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

In the Red

Meatbodies is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California. Led by frontman Chad Ubovich, the band's music is a blend of garage rock, psychedelic rock, and punk. With their energetic live performances and raw sound, Meatbodies have gained a loyal following within the underground music scene.

Their self-titled debut album was released in 2014 to critical acclaim, showcasing their unique style and songwriting abilities. Since then, they have continued to release albums that push boundaries and explore new sonic territories.

With influences ranging from Black Sabbath to Ty Segall, Meatbodies' music is characterized by heavy guitar riffs, catchy melodies, and introspective lyrics. Their songs often tackle themes of self-discovery and existentialism.

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Meatbodies’ latest undertaking and borderline lost album, Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom, is their most varied and realized work to date. It’s a melodic, hook-filled rock epic in which frontman and lead guitarist Chad Ubovich faces the trials of sobriety, redemption, reinvention while literally learning to walk and play again. Resurrection not only accompanies the record, but its production as well, Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom examines themes surrounding love and loss, escapism, defeatism, hedonism, psychedelics and much more. By 2017, Ubovich had reached a crossroads. After years of increasingly insane shows playing to heaving crowds with an ever-evolving and rotating door of personnel, fatigue had taken its toll and he realized another change was on the horizon. Retreating to the seedy Los Angeles underbelly—in search of meaning and a reset—he escaped into that world, ignoring his own well being, trying to forget his successes. It was at this point that Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom began to take shape - a project built by a man searching for new beginnings and his own sense of self. After sobering up, sessions began with longtime collaborator Dylan Fujioka. However, due to discrepancies with the studio, tensions were high and the plug was pulled. And as the world took a back seat, so did the idea of Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom. Not wanting to sit still at home, Ubovich began to comb through his previous demos, and, with that, 333 was born, the now de facto third Meatbodies album. Yet Flora was never far from Ubovich’s mind. When restrictions started to lift, Ubovich headed to Gold Diggers Sound in Los Angeles, backed by engineer Ed McEntee and a team of colleagues and friends, and completed the final act to the album. It 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. Simultaneously an ode to ’80s LA punk and the rise of indie / alternative music in the U.K., it plays like a radio station broadcasting from the void.

Chad Ubovich of Fuzz’s lost album from 2017, finally completed. For fans of Blue Cheer, Iggy Pop, psychedelia, shoegaze, classic alternative, Britpop, drone, and country.

Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom

Music GB

Discover Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom by Meatbodies. A melodic, hook-filled rock epic exploring themes of love, loss, and reinvention. Available in various formats.