Bride Screamed Murder reviews

[GrimReaper]

Anyone else notice how instead of separating the "joke" tracks out like they did say on Stag

what joke tracks?

Yeah?

[deatheats]

That's why I put it in quotes, reviewers like to call them Joke tracks for whatever reason.  Songs like Hide, Yacob's Lab, Flush etc.  It's totally insulting, but that's how they tend to talk about them.

[glen]

Anyone else notice how instead of separating the "joke" tracks out like they did say on Stag

what joke tracks?

I assume he refers to at very least the end of Hospital Up.

[Mad Arab]

I like most of the album. Some of it I don't like much. I've said it before that in my opinion that these past 3 studio albums are not as strong as their past stuff. I don't attribute it to Jared or Coady either, but to the more "rock" approach they have taken. But it is a direction they have gone in and either you accept it or you don't. In my opinion as a fan I think their strongest releases are: GPT, Ozma, Houdini, Stoner Witch, Stag, The Maggot, The Bootlicker, H.A.T.  P.O.T.R.E.

As for the other releases in between, I think they are great. I like them too. But again the albums listed above is their strongest material in my opinion. Lysol for example is great, but the bulk of the album is covers and I don't consider Hung Bunny even a song but more of a slow buildup to Roman Bird Dog. Bullhead as another example is great too but it doesn't hold up to those mentioned above as their strongest material and I think is in need of remastering.  Additionally The Crybaby is my least listened to Melvins album. If it did not say Melvins on the front of it, you could not tell it is even a part of their discography. Prick, COD and Chicken Switch are appreciated if you are into noise, soundscape, collage music so the appeal of those albums are in the margins. I understand that they make music that they themselves would be fans of but that honestly doesn't always translate into other fans holding every release they have in the same level of personal taste.

But aside from all this, there is no other band like The Melvins that has the amount of artistic creativity they have. 26 years and still going strong. There is not a lame release among them. Not even Chicken Switch and I haven't even heard that yet so I give it the benefit of the doubt. No one truly doubts the Melvins onslaught or the enjoyable idiosyncrasy of their music.  

[(((O)))]

No one truly doubts the Melvins onslaught or the enjoyable idiosyncrasy of their music.  

I think you've hit the nail on the head there. We all (well some of us) bit*h and moan about this and that but in the end we still all love 'em and wouldn't want to see the band call it a day anytime soon. If ever!

[norecess]

Anyone else notice how instead of separating the "joke" tracks out like they did say on Stag

what joke tracks?

I assume he refers to at very least the end of Hospital Up.

no i mean which joke tracks on stag.

[Mad Arab]

Maybe Cottonmouth??? I think that track is cool and remember that that was the last song the did on their 96 tour.

[deatheats]

Anyone else notice how instead of separating the "joke" tracks out like they did say on Stag

what joke tracks?

I assume he refers to at very least the end of Hospital Up.

no i mean which joke tracks on stag.

Just to be clear, I don't think of them as joke tracks (more like interludes), Soup, Hide, Yacob's Lab.  All I was trying to say is the tracks like these are more incorporated into the tracks on BSM rather than getting their own titles.

[gesundheit]

I'm sorry guys, but the Pitchfork review has it right.

However, if that all doesn't sound appealing to you, you'll probably hear The Bride Screamed Murder as an album full of unfinished sketches and lazy doodles masquerading as proper tunes. The digressions will either come off as failed experiments or unfunny jokes, a handful of good ideas undercut by either their context or their brevity.

The end of "Finish" is that. I cringe everytime I hear it. It feels like some juvenille joke that got left it. My Generation is lazy, and PG x 3 is a little bit of filler.

We get some great rockers out of Pighouse and Inhumanity, but overall.....ok amounts of meh.

LIke Nude or ASA, I like it, but I don't love it.

This is what has generally driven the Melvins music their whole career. If you agree with that statement you would have to agree with it for their whole catalog. This is nothing new. I've always felt this way about Buzz's writing "style" and I think this is that "weird" aspect from the Melvins songs that I enjoy. I believe that I get the joke though. Pitchfork might not...but I feel lucky that I am able to understand.

[ManWithNoName]

Pitchdork doesn't get the joke because they are themselves a joke.

[Mad Arab]

matlock

[norecess]

Just to be clear, I don't think of them as joke tracks (more like interludes), Soup, Hide, Yacob's Lab.  All I was trying to say is the tracks like these are more incorporated into the tracks on BSM rather than getting their own titles.

to me, the joke tracks on tbsm sound more playful (childish?) than the 'joke' tracks on stag, which are ambient experimental works that serve that perfect flow we all love.

i really fail to see a connection except for the melvins pulling a joke, which is part of their character of course.

p.s. whats the big deal about pitchfork? theyre so easy to ignore! (they, although most of their melvins reviews were written by different people) are they such an overwhelming power that force their opinion on them? people who really care for those reviews have a shitty taste in music anyway.

[(((O)))]

Oh its true, oh its true

[deatheats]

This had to be written by a fan,

"The Melvins, a band on par with the Beatles, the Who, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, R.E.M., and Echo and the Bunnymen, have just released an incredible new album called The Bride Screamed Murder.  King Buzzo, a growler and guitarist of the highest order, is in fine form.  The legendary Dale Crover and Coady Willis drum with abandon and regard for all rules.  We are thrilled to be able to hear Jared Warren

[MrLuck87]

There is an odd review on amazon.com that starts with the guy saying, " Slow and heavy. Guitar work reminiscent of Gluey Porch Treatments.".  He brings up GPT again while mentioning I'll Finish You Off.

"I'll Finish You Off
Gluey porch treatments at its slowest best. Close your eyes and meditate to this one.
5 stars"

I really don't hear that at all.