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[[File:Freakpuke-cover.jpg|right|450px|thumb|Cover of Freak Puke]]
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'''''Freak Puke''''' was released on June 5, 2012.
'''''Freak Puke''''' was released on June 5, 2012.
*(2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS
*(2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS
*IPC-136 - CD
**IPC-136 - CD
* Tracks: 10    Total Time: 42:20
** Tracks: 10    Total Time: 42:20




*(2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS/DAYMARE RECORDINGS (Japanese release)
*(2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS/DAYMARE RECORDINGS (Japanese Release)
*DYMC-7019 - CD
**DYMC-7019 - CD




*(2012) AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS
*(2012) AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS
*AmRep 089 - LP Picture Disc
**AmRep 089 - LP Picture Disc (see below)
 
 
*(2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS
**IPC-136 - CD re-released in a numbered edition of 200 with [[letterpress]] sleeves by Mackie Osborne for sale on the 51 in 51 tour.
 
 
*(2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS
**IPC-136 - CD re-released in an un-numbered limited edition with [[letterpress]] sleeves by Mackie Osborne for sale on the 51 in 51 tour. Every sleeve was different and comprised print from many previous Melvins CDs in many random combinations.
 
 
*(2013) IPECAC RECORDINGS
**IPC-136 - CD re-released in a numbered edition of 50 with black [[letterpress]] sleeves and a hand-made booklet by Mackie Osborne for sale on the 30th Anniversary tour.
 
 
 
==Track List (CD)==
 
#  [[Mr.Rip-Off]] - 5:52
#  [[Inner Ear Rupture]] - 1:57
#  [[Baby Won't You Weird Me Out]] - 3:51
#  [[Worm Farm Waltz]] - 3:55
#  [[A Growing Disgust]] - 4:28 (Not Included on Vinyl)
#  [[Leon Versus the Revolution]] - 2:47
#  [[Holy Barbarians]] - 2:32
#  [[Freak Puke (Song)|Freak Puke]] - 2:47
#  [[Let Me Roll It]] (Paul McCartney) - 4:31
#  [[Tommy Goes Beserk]] - 9:40
 


==Track List==
==Track List (LP)==
'''Side A'''
#  [[Mr.Rip-Off]] - 5:52
#  [[Inner Ear Rupture]] - 1:57
#  [[Baby Won't You Weird Me Out]] - 3:51
#  [[Worm Farm Waltz]] - 3:55
#  [[Leon Versus the Revolution]] - 2:47


#  Mr.Rip-Off - 5:52
'''Side B'''
#  Inner Ear Rupture - 1:57
#  [[Holy Barbarians]] - 2:32
#  Baby Won't You Weird Me Out - 3:51
#  [[Freak Puke (Song)|Freak Puke]] - 2:47
#  Worm Farm Waltz - 3:55
#  [[Let Me Roll It]] (Paul McCartney) - 4:31
#  A Growing Disgust - 4:28
#  [[Tommy Goes Beserk]] - 9:40
#  Leon Versus the Revolution - 2:47
#  Holy Barbarians - 2:32
#  Freak Puke - 2:47
#  Let Me Roll It (Paul McCartney) - 4:31
#  Tommy Goes Beserk - 9:40


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*Backing vocals on "Let Me Roll It" by James McAleer and Dan Raymond
*Backing vocals on "Let Me Roll It" by James McAleer and Dan Raymond
*Additional guitar on "Let Me Roll It" by Dan Raymond
*Additional guitar on "Let Me Roll It" by Dan Raymond
*Artwork – Mackie Osborne
*Mastered By – John Golden
*Recorded By – Toshi Kasaii


==Punknews.org Review==
==Notes==
First, a Melvins primer: Traditionally, the Melvins have been a three-piece with Buzz Osborne on guitar, Dale Crover on drums and a seemingly revolving cast on bass. However, in 2006, the band recruited into its ranks bassist Jared Warren and drummer Coady Willis, both of Big Business (yes, that's TWO drummers.) However, in 2011, while Big Business was on tour, Osborne and Crover toured with frequent Melvins collaborator Trevor Dunn on acoustic bass as "Melvins Lite." During this time, and afterwards, Melvins Lite recorded a reported 50-55 tracks with Dunn. Currently, the Melvins exist in two formations, the Melvins and Melvins Lite. Osborne has expressed a desire for both the four-piece Melvins and three-piece, Dunn-inclusive Melvins to function simultaneously. Their newest release, Freak Puke, is the Dunn version of the band, as opposed to Bulls and the Bees from earlier this year, which was the four-piece Melvins.
*Buzz played an Electrical Guitar Company All Aluminum Guitar through Emperor Cabinets
*Trevor played a Standup Bass (no electric bass or bass amp was used)  
*Dale played a 1940s Gretch Drumset
*Recorded in December 2011 and January 2012 at Sound Of Sirens Studio


Osborne has previously expressed that the band works out a lot of its songs while recording them, and it shows on Freak Puke. At times, the album feels almost like a jazz LP. Standard song structure is abandoned for twisting, shifting pieces. Songs often have multiple sections and end completely unlike they started. Additonally, improvisation plays a very large part in this piece. "Baby, Won't You Weird Me Out" begins as a familiar Melvins sludge-whisper, but then evolves into a jam session, where Crover's guitar and Dunn's bass play off each other, challenging each other to the next movement.
== Vinyl Picture Disc from Amphetamine Reptile Records ==
*AMREP089 Edition of 1500, 300 of each design
*The Picture Disc version does not include [[A Growing Disgust]] since it was included on the [[Melvins/Hammerhead Post Moral Neanderthal Retardist Pornography Split 7"]]
*Notes from Amrep: ''Melvins "Freak Puke" LP (AMREP089) with 5 different picture disc designs by Gary Taxali, Tara McPherson, Skinner, Mackie Osborne & Dave Cooper. Tracks on this LP are... Here's how it works. This LP is a picture disc. There are 5 different artists' art in the run we made and like a pack of baseball cards. These are all sealed in a normal 12" LP cardboard sleeve (as pictured). You won't know which design you have until you open it, so... YOU DON'T PICK WHICH DESIGN YOU GET. The B-side image is the same on all the LPs, it's the LP jacket graphic, as pictured in the lower right on the picture of the collected designs & you guessed it... YOU DON'T PICK WHICH DESIGN YOU GET.''
<gallery>
Image:Freak Puke Vinyl Front.jpg|Vinyl Front Cover
Image:Freak Puke Vinyl Back.jpg|Vinyl Back Cover
Image:Freak Puke PictureDiscs.jpg|Vinyl Picture Discs
Image:FreakPuke Vinvyl RandomSticker.jpg|Random Sticker
Image:McPherson FPPD.jpg|Tara McPherson Disc
Image:Taxali FPPD.jpg|Gary Taxali Disc
Image:Mackie FPPD.jpg|Mackie Osborne Disc
Image:Skinner FPPD.jpg|Skinner Disc
Image:Coop FPPD.jpg|Dave Cooper Disc
</gallery>


For obvious reasons, Dunn's bass plays a central part in the recordings. It seems that the band specifically wanted to explore the range of the instrument. On "Worm Farm Waltz" the strings drop into a cinematic, Jaws-like rumbling. "Holy Barbarians" has Dunn sliding along the strings in a psychedelic haze. "Inner Ear Rupture" uses beatnik-style cacophony to create a harsh but fascinating journey.
==Press Release==
Melvins Lite is an additional incarnation of the Melvins.  The line-up is Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas & Tomahawk).  “The Melvins have a long history of mixing up our line-ups and I think that’s what has kept us relevant for so long,” explains Buzz. “Consider the Freak Puke record the fifth side of the four-sided Melvins triangle." "We had seen Trevor playing upright bass in a jazz setting and thought that we could utilize that for a recording project," explained Crover. "This is something different from the two drummer/big hair line-up, which we plan on continuing with as well."  


While the Melvins' last few releases seem to be very riff- and power-oriented, Freak Puke, which does have its share of classic rock headbanging chords, seems more interested in exploring atmosphere. The willingness to let the tone of the song drift into whatever the three push it to (much like a Oujia board) creates some of the spookiest, and trippiest, music of the band to date.


Quite interestingly, the band retains its core heaviness. While experimental albums often seem to float into the clouds, Freak Puke crawls along the coean floor, shaking and shifting with the weight of Melvins-four-piece. But, while the album seems to be one of experimentation of sound, at the end, the Melvins apply the test to Wings' "Let Me Roll It." The band chooses to adhere to the song's core structure, but supplement it with ghostly wails and terrifying ambiance. It cements Freak Puke as the band's trippiest album, but also shows how dark the band really gets.


Often, albums where bands supplement their music with a new element or technique are referred to experiments. While Freak Puke likely is an "experiment," the term doesn't quite do justice to the recordings. Rather, Freak Puke is an experiment that works so well, it's no longer an experiment, but an advancement.


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[[Category: Melvins Albums]]
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[[Melvins Discography]]

Latest revision as of 07:06, 12 September 2021

Cover of Freak Puke
Cover of Freak Puke Letterpress CD (Edition of 200)

Freak Puke was released on June 5, 2012.


  • (2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS
    • IPC-136 - CD
    • Tracks: 10 Total Time: 42:20


  • (2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS/DAYMARE RECORDINGS (Japanese Release)
    • DYMC-7019 - CD


  • (2012) AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS
    • AmRep 089 - LP Picture Disc (see below)


  • (2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS
    • IPC-136 - CD re-released in a numbered edition of 200 with letterpress sleeves by Mackie Osborne for sale on the 51 in 51 tour.


  • (2012) IPECAC RECORDINGS
    • IPC-136 - CD re-released in an un-numbered limited edition with letterpress sleeves by Mackie Osborne for sale on the 51 in 51 tour. Every sleeve was different and comprised print from many previous Melvins CDs in many random combinations.


  • (2013) IPECAC RECORDINGS
    • IPC-136 - CD re-released in a numbered edition of 50 with black letterpress sleeves and a hand-made booklet by Mackie Osborne for sale on the 30th Anniversary tour.


Track List (CD)

  1. Mr.Rip-Off - 5:52
  2. Inner Ear Rupture - 1:57
  3. Baby Won't You Weird Me Out - 3:51
  4. Worm Farm Waltz - 3:55
  5. A Growing Disgust - 4:28 (Not Included on Vinyl)
  6. Leon Versus the Revolution - 2:47
  7. Holy Barbarians - 2:32
  8. Freak Puke - 2:47
  9. Let Me Roll It (Paul McCartney) - 4:31
  10. Tommy Goes Beserk - 9:40


Track List (LP)

Side A

  1. Mr.Rip-Off - 5:52
  2. Inner Ear Rupture - 1:57
  3. Baby Won't You Weird Me Out - 3:51
  4. Worm Farm Waltz - 3:55
  5. Leon Versus the Revolution - 2:47

Side B

  1. Holy Barbarians - 2:32
  2. Freak Puke - 2:47
  3. Let Me Roll It (Paul McCartney) - 4:31
  4. Tommy Goes Beserk - 9:40

Personnel

  • Backing vocals on "Let Me Roll It" by James McAleer and Dan Raymond
  • Additional guitar on "Let Me Roll It" by Dan Raymond
  • Artwork – Mackie Osborne
  • Mastered By – John Golden
  • Recorded By – Toshi Kasaii

Notes

  • Buzz played an Electrical Guitar Company All Aluminum Guitar through Emperor Cabinets
  • Trevor played a Standup Bass (no electric bass or bass amp was used)
  • Dale played a 1940s Gretch Drumset
  • Recorded in December 2011 and January 2012 at Sound Of Sirens Studio

Vinyl Picture Disc from Amphetamine Reptile Records

  • AMREP089 Edition of 1500, 300 of each design
  • The Picture Disc version does not include A Growing Disgust since it was included on the Melvins/Hammerhead Post Moral Neanderthal Retardist Pornography Split 7"
  • Notes from Amrep: Melvins "Freak Puke" LP (AMREP089) with 5 different picture disc designs by Gary Taxali, Tara McPherson, Skinner, Mackie Osborne & Dave Cooper. Tracks on this LP are... Here's how it works. This LP is a picture disc. There are 5 different artists' art in the run we made and like a pack of baseball cards. These are all sealed in a normal 12" LP cardboard sleeve (as pictured). You won't know which design you have until you open it, so... YOU DON'T PICK WHICH DESIGN YOU GET. The B-side image is the same on all the LPs, it's the LP jacket graphic, as pictured in the lower right on the picture of the collected designs & you guessed it... YOU DON'T PICK WHICH DESIGN YOU GET.
  • Vinyl Front Cover

    Vinyl Front Cover

  • Vinyl Back Cover

    Vinyl Back Cover

  • Vinyl Picture Discs

    Vinyl Picture Discs

  • Random Sticker

    Random Sticker

  • Tara McPherson Disc

    Tara McPherson Disc

  • Gary Taxali Disc

    Gary Taxali Disc

  • Mackie Osborne Disc

    Mackie Osborne Disc

  • Skinner Disc

    Skinner Disc

  • Dave Cooper Disc

    Dave Cooper Disc

Press Release

Melvins Lite is an additional incarnation of the Melvins. The line-up is Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas & Tomahawk). “The Melvins have a long history of mixing up our line-ups and I think that’s what has kept us relevant for so long,” explains Buzz. “Consider the Freak Puke record the fifth side of the four-sided Melvins triangle." "We had seen Trevor playing upright bass in a jazz setting and thought that we could utilize that for a recording project," explained Crover. "This is something different from the two drummer/big hair line-up, which we plan on continuing with as well."

Melvins Discography

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