Jax Bowes
Based in Brighton and London, Jax is a freelance writer who has worked at Abbey Road Studios and been to more festivals than she can remember. She’s all about guitar music, tight instrumentals, heavy bass lines, and lyrics that carry real weight. She holds a BA and MA in Creative Writing and has worked on projects for the National Trust and the Bloomsbury Festival London. Inspired by cross-genre, she is drawn to the moments where music and meaning overlap.
‘Meat’ is the debut single from emerging Brighton band Goodbye and lean into drifting harmonies and deliberate disorder.
Emerging Brighton band Goodbye show us what they’re about in their debut single, ‘Meat’. This indie/dream-pop band lean into drifting harmonies and off-kilter rhythms, letting the track wander before it snaps into a moment of deliberate disorder.
‘Meat’ instantly engrosses you with Megan Wheeler’s translucent vocals. The poetry of lyrics such as ‘Untie my skin’ absorbs and seeps into your cells. There’s that raw physicality of the sound that breeds emotional depth. The underlying themes of objectification and vulnerability for women are felt and complemented by the rhythm. There’s a power play in the instrumentals and the disjointed breaks that cement the intensity of their music.
This band summons a sound reminiscent of The Smiths and Billie Eilish. There’s a soundscape that wavers, a structure that skips and a melody that has you swirling around your flat in a floaty, long-sleeved black dress before crawling on the floor looking up at the moon, hoping to be heard.
There’s something else going on here; a deeper current running through their work, a tension between the airy and the visceral that creates something captivating.
Listen to ‘Meat‘ here: