After joining forces in Chicago, the band known as Bag People became a source of weirdo vitality in New York’s early ’80s post-punk/no-wave scene, but they never got around to releasing any recordings before their 1984 breakup. The esteemed Drag City label is rectifying that after the discovery of some long-lost cassettes. The tapes have been turned into Bag People, a 12-track collection dropping in March. We get an early preview of the record today in the form of the expressively abrasive “Dead Meat,” which you can hear below.
