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Meatbodies are guided by the guitar and vocals of Chad Ubovich, a longtime fixture on the California garage punk and new psychedelic scenes who leads the band through an exploration of various types of guitar rock. They started off being influenced by punk, hitting hard while still delivering poppy melodies, then expanded into more psychedelic-inspired territory on 2017's concept album Alice. After some tumultuous years, the band preserved and extended their six-string tendrils in the direction of shoegaze, dream pop, and '90s alternative on 2023's Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom.

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