(A) Senile Animal

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

I'd like to see the guys that did the scorpions album covers do some melvins album covers.

[norecess]

I'm glad you said that.

[dontyoutellme]

do you guys think these songs could be all reminiscent of old songs somehow?

a history of drunks got me thinking that way...

i had this notion when i saw "you've never been right"
that it was somehow a commentary on the boxset release of "you know you're right" [nirvana]

considering the connection and the play on that. just popped into my head.

[OfficerButtcrack]

I actually like the idea that they'd do one Cannibal Corpsesque album cover. It would be cool. Kinda like Stephen Colbert iminating Bill O'Reilly.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

I actually like the idea that they'd do one Cannibal Corpsesque album cover. It would be cool. Kinda like Stephen Colbert iminating Bill O'Reilly.

That would be completely radical!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CaptainPungent]

i think now bullhead is my favorite album cover.
it's so pretty.

lysol and ozma miss by little.

[Pringles]

Honnestly, i'm a little disapointed. Its less good than POTRE or the two Jello album. I rank it below with album like Houdini,26 songs or Crybaby.

[anaconda]

what are you hearing? thats crazy.

[Vcavallo]

Honnestly, i'm a little disapointed. Its less good than POTRE or the two Jello album. I rank it below with album like Houdini,26 songs or Crybaby.

listen to it more

[Clint Flick]

The album is mindblowing. I'm kinda tired (drunk), but (A)SA is better than I even hoped for (I'll say even more than than PORTE, which was incredible). The combination of A History of Drunks / Rat Faced / The Hawk in succession is some of the best music I've heard from Melvins, or anyone.

However, I have to agree that "Civilized Worm" is the weakest point in the album (despite having the best title). A lot of people have compared it to "With Teeth" which I think is valid as the mood/melody/dynamic of the first half (or so) of each song is very similar. But I don't really like "CV" and I love "WT," which has proven to be one of the Melvins' best known and loved songs (couldn't think of a more precise way to put "WT's" rep); there are some major differences to account for. First, "WT" is dynamic. Ir shifts from what was at the time the Melvins' most melodic piece into the perfect example of the heaviness that made them famous, in less than two minutes (Conversely, "CW" takes this rare burst of melody and grinds into dust). Second, this shift is unconventional in the respect that the shift is sudden yet seamless, and the way it ends with a "naked" vocal in the midst of its brutality makes for a perfect audial "cliffhanger" that is never resolved ("CW" does the opposite, while the drumming at the end is great, it creates a sort of lingering death for the song). Finally, "WT" also owes some its impact to its historical context, in the bigger picture. It is the last short track on the last album of the pre-major label Melvins (which signifies the sound that made them 'famous' (note: small quotes) in the first place. It is the capstone to an era of the band. "CW" seems like a re-hash.

Huh, it's actually realy trivial isn't it?

The new album is the cat's pajamas/speedo/diaphragm/whatever, but I was just getting tired of that particular comparison. I'll try to do a more proper review after after I get some sleep and sober up...

[Michael Jordan]

I've listened to the album about 15 times now and still not sure what to think...   didn't dig it at the begining, I dig it abit more now but I wouldn't say I'm blown away by it...   my fav song so far has to be "the hawk".
All in all, this has got to be the most "mainstream" melvins album... it's pretty straight foreward and I admit I sometimes miss a "touch of genious" that almost every melvins album has.  that something different they come up with which gives u that feeling where u just go - fuck, that's fucking genious!!!

[tinycorkscrew]

However, I have to agree that "Civilized Worm" is the weakest point in the album (despite having the best title). A lot of people have compared it to "With Teeth" which I think is valid as the mood/melody/dynamic of the first half (or so) of each song is very similar. But I don't really like "CV" and I love "WT,"

Like you, I think "With Teeth" is a great song, but I don't like "Civilized Worm" at all, for many of the reasons you write about.

While I'm not a big fan of Senile Animal as a whole, I can't wait to hear most of the songs live. Except "Civilized Worm."

[nucka]

this album is catchy as piss, no doubt.  stop talking about NIN plzy.

[didlisquat]

Lysol & Pigs of the Roman Empire are the most closely related covers to the music itself, i think.

Buzz says everything relates and has meaning. So dig deeper, the covers are probably more related than you think.

Buzz is probably talking about global warming and everything flooding in the lyrics  of SENILE or something. Then the cover makes sense. I'll know in a little over a month.

Any way, i can't dis Mackie. She rocks the house. Neither here nor there.

[didlisquat]

Lysol & Pigs of the Roman Empire are the most closely related covers to the music itself, i think.

Buzz says everything relates and has meaning. So dig deeper, the covers are probably more related than you think.

Buzz is probably talking about global warming and everything flooding in the lyrics