Post punk infused indie rockers WAKEY WAKEY RISE & SHINE unravel the politics of sleep and absurdity on “Rear Meat”

What if the world really is ending, but it’s happening so slowly and awkwardly that all you can do is smirk? That’s the territory Wakey Wakey Rise & Shine sink into with Rear Meat—a four-track experiment in absurdity, anxiety, and barely-contained chaos, wrapped in seagull feathers and synth squiggles. It’s the Bristol outfit’s heaviest work to date, but still wearing its socks inside out and cracking jokes about donkeys. The EP is a sleep-deprived protest, told through broken dreams and real-world dysfunction. There’s fear—the kind that chases you through REM cycles. There’s injustice, from mismanaged policing systems to social interactions