This week on The Bridge, I’m joined by Tay Blunt - musician, event producer, and the heart behind music collective Fvneral and Transgenre, Australia’s first all-trans and non-binary music festival. Tay’s the kind of artist who doesn’t just make music - they're world building.
We kick-off the show with Front Door, Fvneral’s latest single, a track that’s somehow both tender and triumphant. It’s cathartic but cheeky, a sonic exhale after holding your breath too long. Tay talks about how Fvneral began as a solo bedroom project and slowly bloomed into a full band with Maddie (Rageflower) and Ben (Jnr.). Together, they’ve turned friendship into an art form - a chosen family making music that sounds like healing in real time.
We dive into Fvneral and why they exist. They’re more than a band; it’s an ethos. Their songs centre on transness, queer belonging, and the power of leaning on each other through the messiness of growth. Tay describes the joy of writing about their experience as a trans non-binary person with friends who might not share that identity but share the same tenderness - “people who hold me up, who walk beside me.” It’s the kind of solidarity that feels rare and radical, and it radiates through every song.
Our chat widens into Transgenre - the festival Tay co-founded with journalist and critic Ellie Robinson. What began as a wild idea over two years ago has now become a burgeoning cornerstone of Sydney’s underground music scene. The festival is a fully trans and non-binary lineup - a love letter to community and self-determination. Tay recalls the moments that made it all worthwhile; parents watching their trans kids feel safe and seen for the first time; teens forming friendships in the crowd; that buzz of belonging that lingers long after the amps cut out.
Tay and Ellie are already planning future editions - dreaming of taking Transgenre to regional towns like Tamworth (someone please give them funding!). It’s more than a festival now, it’s a blueprint for what inclusive, grassroots culture can look like when trans people get to build it themselves.
Between songs, we spin some of Tay’s favourite artists - a cross-section of Transgenre’s spirit:
- Flowerkid, whose heartbreaking pop ballads are both cinematic and softly defiant.
- Noctica, the Tamworth-based post-hardcore powerhouse bringing heavy music into queer spaces.
- Dyan Tai, whose track Broke Popstar (featuring BVT and Jamaica Moana) might just be the anthem of a generation.
Tay also makes special mention of Bec Sandridge, Kayls, and Jnr., all artists who blur the lines between defiance and devotion, and who are shaping the city’s sonic landscape with fearless authenticity.
By the end, Tay and I laugh maniacally about queer world domination and what we need to do to get the ball rolling, haha. Seriously. Beneath the humour lies truth. These are artists making music that matters. Not for algorithms or trend cycles, but for connection, catharsis, and the chance to see yourself reflected in sound.
This episode isn’t just a celebration of Funeral or Transgenre - it’s a window into what happens when community becomes creation. When chosen family becomes the centre of the story.
Tune in, turn it up, and maybe, for an hour, feel part of it too.