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my Top ten in no particular order:

Honky
Stoner Witch
Stag
Bullhead
Lysol
POTRE
Ozma
Maggot
HAT
Bootlicker

it's times like these that i wish i lived in California 

Hopefully not as a replacement for Crover. Dale's missed the last two Melvins tours and he's going to tour with his solo band in August, not drumming obviously.

Still seems really weird the Melvins not touring to promote a new album, Melvins 1983 excluded. I wouldn't be surprised if another 1983 album happens soon as Dale won't need to drum for that either.

i think your point is not totally wrong, i'm not so sure that Dale will be back as drummer in a near future and that visa problem for the Japan tour sounded a bit weird to me.in that case Coady would be a perfect solution. obviously hope we are wrong because Melvins without Dale on drums is not the same

RIP packaging   

  

https://www.grammy.com/news/buzz-osborne-interview-the-melvins-new-album-tarantula-heart?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0kQDQFR-3HTbr97ac9x3SAsEcBUgkH1rLpOUiPz7swsTFb6olAA2_QQo8_aem_AWfbnY_yEzpyk-qkPDxMli3yBhcmspIE3GnCzeCOsoifem0p7zqdmwLmxvQgLULzsm_mafsinG_QDb1S2i7cZda2

so many different opinions on this album, make me even more curious to discover it!

I think it's the coolest thing they've done in a long time.

 

so many different opinions on this album, make me even more curious to discover it!

You haven't listened to it yet!!!??? I am eager to hear your (and others) thoughts.

nope Ian, waiting for my copy to arrive before checking the other songs i haven't heard yet. should arrive in two weeks apparently 

so many different opinions on this album, make me even more curious to discover it!

never seen the and go this hard on social media for an album release before. this is something.

ah true, especially compared to the BMR release

just ordered the silver vinyl

that song from the first Buzz solo album and the At The Stake version on Five Legged Dog?

With only a few days remaining until the official release, I'll share my take on the Melvins' latest album and the contents within. While I've only spent a few days with it, I've put Tarantula Heart through the paces on car stereo, home hi-fi and headphones, looping it over and over again.

With confidence, I can say this one stands alone in the Melvins' discography. It's as unique an offering as anything they've done and features some of the meanest riffs, nastiest tones and spaciest interludes laid to tape.

TH is a further exploration on the Melvins longer, more lumbering meditations found on Side A of Bad Mood Rising, however, this one has depth. Layers of lock step drums and heavy riffage bound in gauzy layers of noise. Upon repeated listens you'll begin to appreciate the textures as these are not merely tossed-off guitar experiments pasted on top of double drum tracks.

Pain Equals Funny has four parts. Patched together with disparate beats, each is its own beast. The first two parts are straight forward rockers, the third, a menacing guitar dirge and the fourth is built around Buzzo riff seething with vitriol. Thumbs way up.

She's Got Weird Arms kicks off with a curdled guitar scale, played repeatedly until unfolding into Melvins pop, complete with Steven background vocals. It's a breather between the two dense songs that come before and after. It sounds different than any Melvins songs I've heard before. Maybe a moldy kin to Brass Cupcake?

Smiler is worth the price of admission. A classic Buzzo scorcher that sounds like a Maggot-era deep cut, complete with endless guitar noodling. It's a blast to listen to.

You've heard Working the Ditch and Allergic to Food by now. I gave them one listen each upon their release and haven't returned to them until I could play them alongside the other tracks. With each listen, I find new things to like and they make a lot more sense within the context of the album sequencing.

It's brain-pickling to think about how inventive this band continues to be, this far into their career.

Just received my "puke green" vinyl yesterday. 

Great review, thanks

i just remember in that vinyl guide podcast interview they talk about there being like 8 solos on that one song, 4 from buzz and 4 from gary, guess that may have been a joke maybe?

like Judas Priest? with a breakdown of who's playing which lead break or solo in the liner notes? 

 

yeah, A Walk With Love And Death was a underrated album imo