Meatbodies (formerly Chad and the Meatbodies) is Chad Ubovich, the bassist in Fuzz and guitarist in Mikal Cronin’s touring band. Now, the Los Angeles native has a self-titled album of his own, which will be released via garage and punk emporium In the Red later this year. Working in the same sonic landscape as his psych garage peers from San Francisco, Ubovich’s project harnesses a similar crunch and riffage as Ty Segall’s 2012 LP Twins, my personal favorite from Segall. And meatbodies are my favorite food, especially with some tangy barbeque sauce. Delicious.
Recorded in San Francisco with Eric “King Riff” Bauer — who previously produced records from Segall, Sic Alps, Mikal Cronin, Fuzz, Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, and others — Meatbodies also enlists friends like Cory Hanson from Wand, Erik Jimenez from Together Pangea, and Segall himself, all mixed by Chris Woodhouse. Before this meat-filled album is released on October 14, Ubovich will set out with Hunters and Purling Hiss on a North American tour. Until then, listen to the heavy jangles of lead single “Tremmors,” a blasted garage tune that coats Ubovich’s rousing harmonies in thick swaths of reverb. The full stream, album tracklist, and upcoming tour dates can be found below.
Meatbodies tracklist:
01. The Archer
02. Disorder
03. Mountain
04. HIM
05. Tremmors
06. Plank
07. Gold
08. Wahoo
09. Two
10. Off
11. Dark Road
12. The Master
Tour dates:
08.16.14 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo Park Rising
08.28.14 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo %
10.10.14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell #
10.11.14 - Las Vegas, NV - The Bunkhouse #
10.12.14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court #
10.13.14 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive #
10.14.14 - Lincoln, NE - Vega #
10.15.14 - Iowa City, IA - The Mill #
10.16.14 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue and 7th Street Entry #
10.17.14 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle #
10.18.14 - Indianapolis, IN - Debbie’s Palace of Noise and Laundry #
10.19.14 - Detroit, MI - PJ’s Lager House #
10.20.14 - Rochester, NY - The Bug Jar #
10.21.14 - Kingston, NY - BSP Lounge *
10.22.14 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
10.23.14 - Brooklyn, NY - CMJ
10.24.14 - Brooklyn, NY - CMJ
10.25.14 - Toronto, ON - Silver Dollar *
10.26.14 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore *
10.28.14 - Allston, MA - Great Scott *
11.02.14 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter !
11.03.14 - Durham, NC - Pinhook
11.04.14 - Asheville, NC - Shotgun Club
11.05.14 - Atlanta, GA - 529 *
11.06.14 - Nashville, TN - The End *
11.07.14 - New Orleans, LA - Siberia *
11.08.14 - Austin, TX - FFF Nites
* Purling Hiss
% Ty Segall
# Hunters
! Purling Hiss, Together Pangea, AJ Davila, Mozes and the Firstborn
• Meatbodies: https://www.facebook.com/Meatbodies
• In the Red: http://intheredrecords.com
[Photo: Alice Baxley]
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