Melvins Lord of the Flies

[jules]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OipVD0EVSbY

[Colonel Cheese]

https://www.punknews.org/article/76300/melvins-release-new-song-will-release-new-ep-and-lp

not too shabby
: )

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https://www.punknews.org/article/76300/melvins-release-new-song-will-release-new-ep-and-lp

I wonder when this new LP is coming out. Im going to bet around June time. I've noticed that we tend to hear about a new Melvins album about 3 months before it is released, so im sure it won't be long until we get the lowdown on it.

[amazonAMAZON]

Got my AmRep order today, probably earlier than expected.

First, the covers: "Spoon Man" and the "Misty Mountain Hop" section of MMU are good. Not great, but good. These are both now popular old rock songs, originally performed and recorded by peak teams, so it's almost impossible not to have some "dad vibes" if you cover them now.

The vocal arrangement on the Soundgarden tune is cool. Similar to Five Legged Dog, the three current Melvs have a working vocal relationship closest in quality to the Big Biz years, but not a rehash of that era.

The Devo section of the MMU track is phenomenal. I'm less familiar with the original, so maybe a Devo fanatic will have something to take issue with. I just think if anything it's too short.

The originals: We heard the first tune already. We talked about the wah and the doom. So here's my take on "The Receiver and the Empire State." It's good. It's heavy and a little punky. I'll assume these two originals are the tracks on the next album. The engineering/mixing doesn't sound too far off from Working With God perhaps with a bit of Mike & The Melvins?

I didn't get the sonic textures of Five Legged Dog, which I'd say was the best sounding Melvins album in a decade (barring Love). I miss that consistent attention to detail on the full length records. Hopefully the upcoming record balances that somehow with some studio weirdness. But I also hope it has at least three more tracks that are of this general vein.

Anyway, if you've disliked everything for the past five years or so, this release won't win you back. But if you at all dig this era of the band, then I think you'll be very pleased with this EP and the upcoming releases. We've got two heavyweights and three-ish solid covers here in the span of 13 minutes.

[buddy holiday]

Prints are up

[von grip]

https://www.shoxop.com/products/melvins-lord-of-the-flies-ltd-ed-silkscreen-print

[von grip]

metallic mint green...first to go

[>>>JZS<<<]

  Got that metallic blue !

[von grip]

 there's more mint green...
Edit: gone

[jules]

Got that metallic blue !

                           




                             

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I think this is a good EP. I didn't foresee myself saying this but i like the cover songs! I think it is interesting hearing how light and breezy, airy and open they are. By comparison, the two Melvins original tracks here are quite dense affairs. A bit more one dimensional. Both tracks took me a few listens to feel like i could "hear" them if that makes sense. I like them both but at the same time neither really quite bowl me over. Having said that both have grown on me in the time i've listened to them. I wonder if this forthcoming album will include more tracks like this. If this is the style they were going for on this one. A bit heavy, doomy with a lot going on in the mix.

[Chief Ten Beers]

New songs are heavy burners. Spoonman is decent. Love the Zep/Devo cover, which instantly reminded me that they still need to do a proper studio version of Mr. DNA, with or without the Big Biz boys. One of the highlights of the Fall 2009 tour.

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which instantly reminded me that they still need to do a proper studio version of Mr. DNA, with or without the Big Biz boys.

Correct. Although i doubt they ever will now. So much time has passed since they covered that one.

[Oscar]

Got my AmRep order today, probably earlier than expected.

First, the covers: "Spoon Man" and the "Misty Mountain Hop" section of MMU are good. Not great, but good. These are both now popular old rock songs, originally performed and recorded by peak teams, so it's almost impossible not to have some "dad vibes" if you cover them now.

The vocal arrangement on the Soundgarden tune is cool. Similar to Five Legged Dog, the three current Melvs have a working vocal relationship closest in quality to the Big Biz years, but not a rehash of that era.

The Devo section of the MMU track is phenomenal. I'm less familiar with the original, so maybe a Devo fanatic will have something to take issue with. I just think if anything it's too short.

The originals: We heard the first tune already. We talked about the wah and the doom. So here's my take on "The Receiver and the Empire State." It's good. It's heavy and a little punky. I'll assume these two originals are the tracks on the next album. The engineering/mixing doesn't sound too far off from Working With God perhaps with a bit of Mike & The Melvins?

I didn't get the sonic textures of Five Legged Dog, which I'd say was the best sounding Melvins album in a decade (barring Love). I miss that consistent attention to detail on the full length records. Hopefully the upcoming record balances that somehow with some studio weirdness. But I also hope it has at least three more tracks that are of this general vein.

Anyway, if you've disliked everything for the past five years or so, this release won't win you back. But if you at all dig this era of the band, then I think you'll be very pleased with this EP and the upcoming releases. We've got two heavyweights and three-ish solid covers here in the span of 13 minutes.

Cheers for this breakdown. Can this be streamed anywhere or do I wait for the LP?

[von grip]

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