Bad Mood Rising

[the bloat]

I have a bad feeling that in time when i think about 'Bad Mood Rising' i will similarly recall the hassle trying to get a copy.

Nah, this thing is going to sound like a dick in your ear when you finally hear it. it's gonna unclog any of the bad vibes and fill them with hard fucking rock. Hang in there. You know the boys  are doing their best

[Tobias]

I just bought a copy from Rainy Day Records in Olympia
http://rainydayolympia.net/new-music/bad-mood-rising-melvins-lp-1303/

[amazonAMAZON]

Keep feeling like the "eventually" streaming might be like Bulls and Bees where years from now Ipecac is going to bundle it with something else. Just a guess.

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Keep feeling like the "eventually" streaming might be like Bulls and Bees where years from now Ipecac is going to bundle it with something else. Just a guess.

I've had that thought myself too. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happens.

[Colonel Cheese]

i had absolutely no hassle when ordering mine some weeks ago from rough trade...
yep, still there...
https://www.roughtrade.com/us/melvins/bad-moon-rising

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From FB:

Available for mail order TUESDAY (9/13) at shoxop.com 9am (central)
Available at Melvin's shows starting with Las Vegas (9/12)
Available at your favorite shop that deals with Think Indie Distribution
CD's and Streaming available very soon, to be announced.

[01001010]

Did anyone else happen to notice, during the Sunday feeding frenzy for the Cabbage 'N Mash 10", that for about a minute, the orange splatter version of Bad Mood Rising actually showed on the SHOXOP page? The blurb mentioned it was a pre-order, and said they would ship Tuesday. I had just completed a transaction, so seeing it there for a moment caught me like a deer in headlights. I thought about seeing if I could actually purchase it, but when the page refreshed, it was gone.

[01001010]

Takes me about a week to reply to anything on the internet these days, I guess. I blame it on my environment. Wait - - looks like you live in the same region as me, so now I've got no excuse. Um, I went straightaway for the moldy mint, 'cuz it was the least color coordinated, and that appealed to my decaying brain cells. As soon as the transaction was done, the page refreshed, and I saw the blood orange was gone. For a micro-second, I think I panicked in my mouth and wondered if I had made the right choice, but I knew everything was gonna be fine. I only mention this because I was curious why the blood orange was so popular. I mean, it's the latest flavor craze or something. I've been seeing it in Blood Orange CBD sodas, kombucha, cider, and what have you. Is Blood Orange the new Candy Apple Red??

there were more copies of the blood orange variant that went up and tried for one but gone then tried for a moldy mint and was able to snag one of those. Anyone else try for the blood orange and get denied

[01001010]

Bejeebus. I used to to get paid for writing reviews, and when I read something like this I feel like I should give everyone their money back. I don't think I could do a better job than this, which is why I quoted the whole damn thing. If more music critics wrote stuff this passionately, that waffle waitress in Texas never would have asked Bill Hicks, "Whatcha reading fer?" Thanks for restoring my faith in words.

• • • •

Well holy shit! Holy fucking shit!

I played this thing LOUD and it may very well be my favorite Melvins album of the last ten years. You know how playing Lysol feels like listening to 4.5 songs (all of them great?) Well this record does not feel like that. It feels like more songs than Working With God did (at least to me).

There's so much to unpack. The prologue (and epilogue) of "Mr. Dog" is both frightening and lovable. I think it's toms and reversed vocals and maybe something else, but it really sets the tone for the record.

Every tune rocks. There's no major diversions into genres they don't belong in or synthy noodling. There is a track or two on side two that feel a bit like the cheerier parts of Nude With Boots.

While much of it sonically resembles these past Toshi years, especially Melvins 1983 albums, there are also some new choices that feel more like 5 Legged Dog or Buzz's acoustic stuff in that there is space to listen and definition in each instrument.

I didn't notice any awkward lyrics or clunky melodic turns. The songs all pretty much end up somewhere different from where they started, except the two we've already heard on the EP. "Receiver and the Empire State" might be my least favorite track.

Anyway, I'm super excited. I'm really glad I splurged on the initial vinyl release. I'm still new to records, so I probably have nasty azimuth and a crappy preamp, but it still sounded alive and immediate. Though I know I'll buy the CD when it comes available, I'll also be happy to live with my little digitized copy for the car.

I heard some backing vocals that I don't think were Steven's on side 2. Almost sounds ladylike. Elsewhere the harmonizing is good. I like that they didn't lose that element from 5 Legged Dog either. Buzz sings lead throughout, as best I can tell. I certainly don't hear a Steven lead anywhere.

None of these songs would play on the radio, but this is a great record to introduce people to the Melvins. Perhaps the best such new studio album since the BB days.

Ha! This band does not keep fans waiting very long, and I'm grateful for that, but FUCK I've been waiting for this for a loooong time.

[the bloat]

For those of you that saw the BMR preorder, what was the cost?

[01001010]

When it popped up on Shoxop in that blink and you'll miss it moment I mentioned earlier, the price was $30.

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For those of you that saw the BMR preorder, what was the cost?

[glen]

how is it tho?    give it to me straight.

[amazonAMAZON]

Thanks for the kind words, 01

[buddy holiday]

https://www.shoxop.com/products/melvins-bad-mood-rising-factory-edition-mailorder-variant

Splatter up now, 30 bucks.

[the bloat]

Got mine! Now... if I could only listen to the damned thing...