(the) Melvins - Tarantula Heart

[black stallion]

I think it's funny how if you go to the YouTube listing and look at the comments, everybody fucking loves it, like it's the best song the Melvins have ever recorded. Contrast that to the 10 Melvin's super fans (us) and it's a bit... lukewarm.

I'm hoping this song grows on me. I usually only listen to these pre-release songs once or twice before the album comes out. You don't wanna get tired of a song before the record even drops, right?

there's a big Melvins fanbase that started listening/discovered the band during the BB era or even later

[amazonAMAZON]

Yep, the kind who don't even know what a BBS is.

BTW is there a Melvins discord? Or maybe Ipecac discord? Which current band would be discord size and Melvins adjacent? Hmmm...

[vince furnier]

Yep, the kind who don't even know what a BBS is.

BTW is there a Melvins discord? Or maybe Ipecac discord? Which current band would be discord size and Melvins adjacent? Hmmm...

that would be me. we're not very active....yet. 
https://discord.com/channels/1051853486943371334/1051853487425720402

[Colonel Cheese]

I didn't love the new song on first listen but hey i was at work and didn't even finish it. i will give it another go most definitely. Also I like Opeth, saw them open for Mastodon a couple of years ago, slowly getting in to their discography. Man the new song I can't quit is that new one from High on Fire, cool video too.

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the new song I can't quit is that new one from High on Fire, cool video too.

Same here. I hope you mean the video where you see them recording and not that terrible A.I. one!

[Colonel Cheese]

either one, i like them both.

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Assuming the band ever play any of these new songs live, i wonder if it could be tricky to do so. I mean so far due to nature of how they were recorded, the drumming on both of the preview songs seems quite disjointed from the actual songs. I can imagine Dale wanting to play along to the SONG and do what the it seems to suggest it should do and be. Yet the recordings run slightly counter to that. Not really matching up like other Melvins songs.

[Colonel Cheese]

agreed. after revisiting it, the riff thing that makes up the song is almost like in the background. and someone else said about it not changing at all and i thing that's a dig i agree with because it just repeats and repeats for dang near 5 minutes before fading out. I'm sure i could not make it and i know buzz worked hard on it and it wasn't easy but certainly not my favorite song.

[Colonel Cheese]

variety and something different is nothing to scoff at though.

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A few days on, Allergic To Food doesn't sound as bad as i thought. But echoing the previous thoughts, it is very one dimensional and probably too long for what it is. I hope the other 3 tracks we haven't heard yet are much more song orientated.

[black stallion]

Looks like Dale & the other drummer jammed one day in the studio improvising a few drum patterns and recording them. after that Buzz worked on the music in a separate session, that's a weird approach because usually they create songs around Buzz riffs. This could explain that one- dimensional effect that both tracks have (to me the first song got pretty much the same formula).

[amazonAMAZON]

The new tune fucking rules! That rhythm section is just intense in the perfect way. The vocals and lead guitars are just ornaments on a fucking monster devil of a Christmas tree.

The guitar solo and vocals style do remind me of some Buzz tracks in recent years that are not top of the pile. I'm guessing that Gary on lead guitar? I don't know. It's very similar to some of Buzz's chromatic playing, but the feel and tone is a bit different.

The video is stressful to have on, but it totally fits the song. I am super super pumped for this record.

[andy the angry bald man]

long time lurker who hasn't posted in like a decade checking in:

i gotta say, i'm shocked that "allergic to food" isn't universally loved here, especially amongst long time fans - this is the noisiest, weirdest thing they've done in a LONG time (barring the TG tribute). after stephen macdonald joined i began to lose interest (although they still crush it live) -- the vocal harmonies and same-y sounding drum production from album to album just doesn't hit right with me.. but "tarantula heart," so far, is the most excited i've been about a new melvins record in years (again discounting the TG record, which i loved)

to each their own, of course, i'm just surprised to see so many people "meh" on this one.

[Stonergrunge]

By the way, is there an actual canadian version of Ipecac Recordings? Because according to Juno, the pre-order of the album is from Ipecac Canada...

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/melvins-tarantula-heart-cd/1003649-01/

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