Thud - April Fools joke

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EDIT: Oh shit, damn i just realised i fell for that! FUCK!

Melvins announce new all-bass lineup/record.
30 albums deep into a career of bottom-heavy surrealistic sludge, the Melvins are leaning into their lower frequency proclivities with the announcement of their new album "THUD!," set to drop this weekend as an ultra-limited vinyl edition on Amphetamine Reptile Records with artwork by HAZE XXL.
The full length release bears the first fruit of a newly-minted all-bassist lineup, something that Buzz Osborne says was inevitable: "Over the years Dale and I have played so many ear-splitting live shows, it's sheared the higher frequencies out of our hearing range. I've been writing songs for 5 years now that I can't even hear. It's mostly just by feeling the vibrations these days. Writing exclusively for basses gives us a chance to actually listen to what we've done"
Dale Crover says that he wanted to retain his percussive identity for the record, and studied slap-bass techniques for weeks on end: "Thank Christ for Flea."
In addition to the core lineup, the record features recent bass-mongers Steven McDonald, Trevor Dunn and Jeff Pinkus, with a special noise bass solo emailed in from former bassist Kevin Rutmanis.
Osborne says that the biggest challenge was writing songs where listeners could differentiate the parts from each other: "By the time we were ready for Toshi to hit the record button, my strings were so loose that they were literally falling off of my bass if I strummed too hard. This is the most brown-note-laden album ever recorded."

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[CoryCory]

I think this ones for realsies, Ian.

We'll find out in a couple days.

[Pound4abrown]

It was so easy to fool on Apr 1st because that cover art is pretty stellar.

[Oscar]

I ate this up like a complete sucker til I checked today's date.

[dirtmerchant]

It would be very Melvins of the Melvins to post about a release so absurd on April fools and then actually release it. It's hilarious that fans can't tell a legit release from a fake one anymore😂

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I think this ones for realsies, Ian.

We'll find out in a couple days.

I thought it wasn't real but now im wondering whether it (in a kinda way) might be. It seems a bit odd that Haze would go to the bother of lino cutting and printing a fake cover just for April Fools. I doubt it's the bass album that has been joked about but perhaps another 4 song EP on AmRep?? I mean, they never put out full records with Haze now, it tends to be those little EP releases. So perhaps the title and cover are true but not the actual details yet. Although there's the Slithering Slaughter one too so it would probably be unlikely that two Melvins AmRep vinyls would come out at a similar time.

It would be very Melvins of the Melvins to post about a release so absurd on April fools and then actually release it. It's hilarious that fans can't tell a legit release from a fake one anymore

The same applied to the OFF! kickstarter campaign a few years ago. For about a week later, still no one believed it! Which actually seriously damaged it's success in my opinion.

[PepsiMike]

Really hoping OFF! Finishes their movie.

[el gep]

Ahahahah this april joke is so great!
Ear problems? Can't hear high frequencies so record only bass! Muahahahah!

By the way, those dumb punk kids would buy anything!

[black stallion]

hilarious.. wouldn't have been so excited by something like this so the April joke didn't work with me.. AH!

[Garnz]

May it is the backside of ,,Slithering Slaughter"... would be great!

[vince furnier]

i really don't see HAZE making that kickass art without a (real) release to pin it to. on the other hand........

"Thank Christ for Flea." 

[amazonAMAZON]

Probably gonna actually be a redundant 10 inch in Ed of 50. "Caddy Daddy" b/w "Fuck Around"

[amazonAMAZON]

Plus some new title like "Anger Chamber" that's really just "Hund" reversed with a bunch of echo on it.

[jules]

Plus some new title like "Anger Chamber" that's really just "Hund" reversed with a bunch of echo on it.

[dirtmerchant]

Who else went to Shoxop at noon central just in case, 😂