Bride Screamed Murder reviews

[MrLuck87]

A lot will be coming in so I thought it would be easier to bitch about them on one thread.   


http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15421/reviews/4140101

"Oh, and if you were wondering why I wrote about the tracks on this album in roughly reverse order: why, that

[Mad Arab]

There is already a thread for this in the Album Discussion forum. Or is this thread only for "official" reviews from "reputable" music magazines and blog sites?

[MrLuck87]

is this thread only for "official" reviews from "reputable" music magazines and blog sites?

Yep.  Most of these reviews are going to be completely uninformed, ie Spin, so I I figured it'd make more sense to keep them separate.

[MrLuck87]

AMG reviewed it but they didn't give it a score.  It sounds like they'll eventually update it to have a 7 out of 10.  http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifoxzldldfe

That's actually an okay review.

[Kolonel Kurtz Kobain]

TOOL are great

[black stallion]

http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/2010/05/28/review-melvins-the-bride-screamed-murder/

[norecess]

TOOL are great

bootlicker. you must be in the music industry, i hear it's full of them there.

[MrLuck87]

http://mishkanyc.com/bloglin/2010/05/28/review-melvins-the-bride-screamed-murder/

"The same heavy-as-shit, wacky group that pissed your parents off growing up is back to tickle your nostalgia in your 30

[deatheats]

9/10 from NME (though the review is lacking)

http://www.nme.com/reviews/melvins/11335

[I am the Sun]

AV Club review

http://www.avclub.com/articles/melvins-the-bride-screamed-murder,41646/

[norecess]

has the rock a rolla review been posted yet? i hope not because i typed it all out after not finding the scan below readable enough for some of our older members. (i now feel like i wrote it myself.)

the third manifestation of the nth inacrnation of the thing known as melvins brings mostly refinement, but hints of revolution. half of the tracks continue in the principles established by the big business-enhanced line-up on (a) senile animal and nude with boots. for virgin ears, that means knotty, reptilian guitar lines, muscle-bound twin drum attack by dale and coady, and refreshingly inviting harmony-saturated vocals from buzz and jared.

the average tempo and pop saturation of melvins has increased significantly since the big business boys came to town. buzz's crispy latter-day guitar sound is even more sharp and sprightly, especially on the spiralling, companion pieces 'electric flower' and 'hospital up', the latter soaring oddly like jane's addiction if perry farrel were two burly men. however, the strongest tracks are the most anomalous and experimental. irresistible opener 'the water glass' starts out in a tangle of suitably crushing riffage, but gives way to few minutes' full metal jacket-style drill sergeant call and response. layered vocals and cavernous effects give super-heavy crawl 'i'll finish you off' a curious high church feel, and impression cemented by queasy, high-pitched vocals from menacing altar boys.

the highlight is arguably the treacle-paced version of the who's 'my generation', seemingly sung by a gang of muppet weasels in an anderson shelter. where the original was fuelled by brash hedonism, this sinister dirge resembles a recruitment anthem for sociopaths. as the riff cycles, ever slower and more distant, enveloped by muffled noise, it's diffcult to shake the feeling that your bathysphere has been cut loose and you're heading for the ocean floor. the closing 'pg x 3' is one of the band's strangest works - a surreal collage of suffocating drones, funeral a cappella folk, sensuous guitar resonance, and a lonely child reciting numbers in a hyperbanic chamber. beautifully balanced between anticipated and the aberrant, the bride screamed murder is the sound of melvins continuing to ignore your idea of what they're supposed to be.

[ManWithNoName]

Thanks for taking the time to type this out, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.

That was an excellent and well written review.

[(((O)))]

That was an excellent and well written review.

Yeah always on the money over at Rock-A-Rolla HQ.  Probably the best music mag going, that is unless you're some kind of elitist, snobby Wire type. 

[anaconda]

Cuz they're actually music listeners.

[Mad Arab]

That review sucked. Rolling Stone is where it's at.