How a Coma Allowed Meatbodies to Finish Their Latest Album

A Deeper Listen
Hosted by Emily Fox

Chad Ubovich of Meatbodies talks about what led to the coma, the visions he saw, and how he was able to complete the album after his health emergency.

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Chad Ubovich fronts the band Meatbodies, which recently released their fourth album, Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom. The album has been mostly finished for years but it took a medically induced coma to allow Ubovich to complete the record. Ubovich talks with KEXP’s Emily Fox about what led to the coma, the visions he saw while under the coma, and how he was able to complete the album after his health emergency.

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