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I like it too, but I find the quality of the recording pretty average

Just wait for the vinyl

“Night Goat (Acoustic)", from the Melvins first ever acoustic album, Five Legged Dog, coming Oct 15th 2021 (2CD/Digital) and Jan 28th 2022 (4LP Colored Vinyl).

Pre-order at http://lnk.to/MelvinsFLD

The Melvins announce their most ambitious project yet: Five Legged Dog, a 36-song newly recorded, acoustic collection featuring a career-spanning collection of songs, from 1987’s Gluey Porch Treatments to 2017’s A Walk With Love & Death, the entire gamut of the legendary band’s catalogue is represented.

“I knew I wanted to do something ridiculously big,” explains Buzz Osborne of the band’s first ever acoustic offering. ”36 songs reimagined by us acoustically is certainly ridiculous but it works. The magic of the songs is still there regardless of it being acoustic. Since we weren’t touring we had the time to do something of this size. I’m very excited about this record. Dale and Steven did a fantastic job on this. I think it’s a very special record. I can’t think of anyone else who’s done something like this.”

Dale Crover noted: “I think people will be surprised that we can do an acoustic version of a song like ‘Night Goat’ without losing any of the heaviness. We also worked hard on the vocal arrangements. People are going to freak out!”

Five Legged Dog also features acoustic versions of several rarities from the influential band’s overflowing discography including a cover of Redd Kross’ “Charlie” (from the limited-edition “Escape From LA” single), “Outside Chance,” a Turtles’ cover from the “Slithering Slaughter” single and new interpretations of The Rolling Stones “Sway,” Brainiac’s “Flypaper,” and Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talking” (popularised by Harry Nilsson). Butthole Surfer Jeff Pinkus lends his vocals (and banjo) to “Don’t Forget to Breathe” and “Everybody’s Talking.”

Five Legged Dog track list (with original album/cover info):

Edgar The Elephant (A Walk With Love & Death)
Up The Dumper (The Bootlicker)
Hung Bunny/Roman Dog Bird (Lysol)
Hooch (Houdini)
Billy Fish (Nude With Boots)
Shevil (Stoner Witch)
Charlie (Redd Kross cover from “Escape From LA” single)
A Growing Disgust (Freak Puke)
Eye Flys/Woman (Gluey Porch Treatments – “Woman” is a Free cover)
Pitfalls In Serving Warrants (Honky)
Outside Chance (The Turtles cover from “Slithering Slaughter” single)
Evil New War God (The Bride Screamed Murder)
The Bloated Pope (Pigs of the Roman Empire)
Bad Move (from Dale Crover’s solo album, The Fickle Finger of Fate)
With Teeth (Lysol)
Halo of Flies (Alice Cooper cover from Sieg Howdy!)
Oven (Ozma)
Sway (Rolling Stones cover – previously unrecorded by the Melvins)
Anaconda (Bullhead)
Lovely Butterfly (Honky)
Boris (Bullhead)
It’s Shoved (Bullhead)
Honey Bucket (Houdini)
We Are Doomed (The Bulls & The Bees)
Flypaper (Brainiac cover - previously unrecorded by the Melvins)
Let God Be Your Gardener (Ozma)
At The Stake (Stoner Witch)
Night Goat (Houdini)
Queen (Stoner Witch)
Everybody’s Talking (Fred Neil cover – previously unrecorded by the Melvins)
Revolve (Stoner Witch)
Suicide In Progress (Nude With Boots)
Prig (The Bootlicker)
The Bit (Stag)
Civilized Worm ((A) Senile Animal)
Don’t Forget to Breathe (Pinkus Abortion Technician)

Pretty cool, almost a Sober like breakdown in that track - I don't think I've listened to Honky in years so barely remember the original

That was OK-ish. But I couldn't listen to a full album let alone a double album of that kind of thing.

And that Mackie Osbourne art style got old 10 years ago...

Calfium Jay wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 4:52 pm That was OK-ish. But I couldn't listen to a full album let alone a double album of that kind of thing.

And that Mackie Osbourne art style got old 10 years ago...

Yeah, but they get mates rates so unlikely to change at this stage

Cover of Soundgarden's "Spoonman" now available on the "Lord of the Flies" EP from Amphetamine Reptile Records.
Featuring Matt Cameron of Soundgarden/Pearl Jam doing double drums with Dale and Steven McDonald on bass.

earthrocker wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 6:56 am https://open.spotify.com/album/0gu6pNUImVJghf6S9lUv2V

Thank you for a legitimate source.

The new album is pretty good!

hellboy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:47 am The new album is pretty good!

Yeah its pretty decent for a surprise drop!. Christmas is looming HB

earthrocker wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:09 am

hellboy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 12:47 am The new album is pretty good!

Yeah its pretty decent for a surprise drop!. Christmas is looming HB

It's a few months away, but if you want to buy me a present then I'd happily have this on vinyl.

Noice!

I hope they bring that tour down under, Heavy Rocks and BULLHEAD!!! in full, fuck yeah!

A hybrid of covers and inspired jams, joined by their good friend Void Manes and produced by Toshi Kasai, this project will likely for the first time challenge longtime Melvins fans, because the band isn’t known for doing that…ever.
Expect Industrial accidents, broken machines, modular synths, circuit-bent toys inspired by the dawning of the industrial music genre kicked off in no small part by Throbbing Gristle. The first all-electronic Melvins LP!?!
The Vinyl Art edition, sporting locked groove infinite loops on both sides, also comes with a bonus Flexi disc with 2 tracks! Complimentary CD version included, and the head kicker… Off-axis drilled spare spindle hole – an act inspired by industrial forefathers (we advise against even thinking of using it!) Hand stamped art on the center label... just about every down and dirty trick from the industrial miscreants of yesteryears handbook.
Sunday, noon central, shoxop

Sad news from the Melvins but the tour will go on. All the best to Dale!

"Working The Ditch", from the April 19th release, Tarantula Heart.
Pre-order now: https://themelvins.lnk.to/tarantula

Tarantula Heart is available on a trio of vinyl variants (black, indie exclusive Silver Streak and Ipecac Recordings’ 25th Anniversary Puke Green), featuring a 12-page booklet, as well as on CD and digitally.

“An album so magical, I helped create it without knowing it was happening. It’s definitely the weirdest album I’ve ever been a part of.” - Steven McDonald

The Melvins latest opus, Tarantula Heart , is quite possibly the band’s most unconventional and imaginative work yet, but also some of their catchiest, continuing a legacy celebrated for its eccentric and extraordinary output.

“The way we approached Tarantula Heart was different than any other Melvins’ album,” explains Buzz Osborne. “I had Dale and Roy Mayorga come in and play along with Steven and I to some riffs, then I took those sessions and figured out what parts would work and wrote new music to fit. This isn’t a studio approach we’ve ever taken. Usually we have the songs written BEFORE we start recording!”

“The majority of Tarantula Heart has dual drum parts,” adds long-time Melvins drummer Dale Crover. “Roy is an amazing drummer. We would discuss what we would do pattern wise, then we’d just go for it. Improvising riffs and trading off on drum fills.”

In actuality nothing appeared out of thin air. Buzz spent hours and hours with the drum tracks by himself writing songs to what he was hearing drum wise. “When the rest of the band heard these songs I’d created from the sessions, they were blown away,” Buzz shares. “These were fully developed new songs that they’d never heard before that had seemingly appeared out of thin air. Presto!”

Recorded, mixed and co-produced by longtime Melvins’ collaborator Toshi Kasai, the album also features We Are The Asteroid guitar player Gary Chester. Gary and the Melvins’ history goes back to their days on Boner Records, with the guitar player formerly having been a part of the legendary band, Ed Hall.

Next month sees the Melvins head overseas, playing in Japan for the first time since 2019 following a stint where they join current labelmates, Mr. Bungle, for a trek across Australia and New Zealand. Buzz and Bungle bass player Trevor Dunn team up later this year for the “King Dunn Tour,” a 45-date excursion that sees the pair play songs from the King Buzzo releases: This Machine Kills Artists and Gift of Sacrifice. The full list of dates can be found via Ipecac.com/tours.

Melvins tour dates:

March 3 Auckland, NZ Auckland Town Hall
March 6 Melbourne, AUS Festival Hall
March 7 Adelaide, AUS Hindley Street Music Hall
March 9 Sydney, AUS Hordern Pavilion
March 10 Brisbane, AUS Fortitude Music Hall
March 12 Perth, AUS Metro City
March 17 Osaka, JP Music Club Janus
March 19 Tokyo, JP Shibuya WWW X
March 20 Tokyo, JP Shibuya WWW X

Tarantula Heart cover, artwork by Mackie Osborne

Tarantula Heart track list:
1. Pain Equals Funny
2. Working the Ditch
3. She’s Got Weird Arms
4. Allergic to Food
5. Smiler