Melvins Release New Album – Stupid Name, Good Tunes

Let me just preface by saying it’s late and I’m tired – I do dig the new Melvins track (see below) but haven’t gotten my hands on a copy of the new album so I can’t really say much about it, except for the name is super cheesey and I hate it. C’mon, really? The Bride Screamed Murder? Hopefully the tunes will cancel out the album name. Anyway, dig some words on the subject (my favorite of which is ‘soul-crushing’) that didn’t come from my fingertips:

Seattle sludge masters Melvins proudly turned two this week – two decades, that is! The band’s twentieth album, The Bride Screamed Murder, hit stores on Tuesday and is streaming in its soul-crushing entirety through the weekend on AOL Music.

Having premiered military cadenced album-opener “The Water Glass” on AOL Noisecreep a few weeks ago, The Bride Screamed Murder offers eight more punishing tracks, including a brutal cover of “My Generation.” Melvins are touring through June and some of July in support of TBSM, including dates with now-broken-up Ipecac labelmates ISIS, who have announced that this will be their final tour. Full dates below.

THE WEAPON LOVES ISIS. Actually, let me rephrase: the weapon loves the mosquito control EP that came out in like 1998, that they got from some free magazine with a bunch of hydra head news at chain reaction when they were 15. Not much else. Again, see below.

DOWNLOADS

The Melvins – The Waterglass
Isis – Poison Eggs

TOUR DATES

06-05 Austin, TX – Emo’s
06-06 San Antonio, TX – The White Rabbit
06-07 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
06-08 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
06-09 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
06-10 Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree
06-12 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival *
06-14 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club *
06-16 Washington D.C. – 9:30 Club *
06-17 Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts (T.L.A.) *
06-18 New York, NY – Webster Hall *
06-19 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg *
06-20 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
06-21 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
06-23 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
06-24 Detroit, MI – Small’s
06-25 Chicago, IL – Double Door
06-26 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
06-27 Des Moines, IA – House Of Bricks
06-29 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
07-02 Calgary, Alberta – Sled Island Festival
07-03 Calgary, Alberta – Sled Island Festival
07-05 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
07-06 Seattle, WA – Showbox At The Market
07-07 Eugene, OR – John Henrys
07-09 San Jose, CA – Blank Club
08-28 Minneapolis, MN – Grumpys

* w/ISIS