South London's Meatraffle use the term "bastard music" to describe their chaotic, absurdist blend of multiple genres, including post-punk, dub, jazz, garage rock, and psychedelia. The songs on the band's two full-lengths, HiFi Classics (2015) and Bastard Music (2019), address subjects such as gender inequality, the struggle of the working class, platonic love, and recreational drug use.
Meatraffle's pseudonymous members include guitarist Tingle Mackerel, bassist Cloudy Truffles, drummer Fats McCourt, and vocalist/trumpeter Zsa Zsa Sapien. The group evolved out of a joke about...