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i think Dale's injury happened after TH was recorded. btw i agree the unconventional approach is part of the charm. i like the new album, i think also that after so many great releases Buzz is free to do whatever he wants

I think that Buzz and Dale wanted to release an album without having too much time to spend in the studio and/or in the songwriting process, result is still good but a little weird , like a copy paste, especially the first track. also drums seem not totally in synch with the music at times

i like the album, though that part is just generic and sounds a bit "gay" to my ears...also this thing to recycle riffs contrasts with Buzz opinion that all artists except Melvins are lazy, don't you think?

I'm convinced that "Pain = Funny" was at least partly assembled from Roy and Dale playing actual Melvins tunes. Like there's obviously Boris happening there. But I also think I hear something from Stag and something from Lysol.

ah,that would make things possibly weirder than what already are

It wasn't too clear, but in one of the recent interviews Buzz said something about Toshi made a rock mix of Bird Animal when they were doing Gift Of Sacrifice. That this is the version we hear at the start of the song. So how formed that was is anyone's guess. From how they said it i couldn't tell if Toshi recorded that bit and then kept it by accident and then Buzz heard it more recently and included it as the intro to the song.

My least favourite part of the album

wonder if this thing is intentional or not, probably Buzz wants to confuse or piss fans off a bit

on Pain Equals Funny ,part before of the drum break reminds me a bit of HAT (song Foaming).anyone?

Yup it gets into that groove for a minute there. I don't hate it tho.

it's good, i'm not totally into the first part though

on Pain Equals Funny ,part before of the drum break reminds me a bit of HAT (song Foaming).anyone?

had my first listen finally. good album, probably the most experimental of the recent stuff. some good moments, others a bit meh..it will probably grow on me, for the moment i'd give it a 7/10. to me this and BMR are pretty much at the same level

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   

  

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