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Rating: Hello. What happens if a group of over-forties, complete with white hair, extra pounds, and receding hairlines, wink at melody? Will the old guard fans cry scandal? Certainly, but that's true for regular bands, and the Melvins, who have made exception their career constant, make you shout yes? but with joy.
How is it possible: sharp guitars, bass finally up to par, proud melodies. Legendary, and when you think that Dale Crover, the best drummer in history, is joined in unison by a guy who really hits hard, you can't help but think? How lucky, two of this kind in the same band.
"A Senile Animal" is a complete album, the best since "Bullhead", which leaves you unsatisfied. Pure fury, no pause, like a hard kick in the face that stuns you. When you think about the past, it's a nice mix of the structured songs of Houdini and the blind fury of "Ozma". My condolences to the poor metalheads who occasionally clung to the Melvins' shins to find a bit of originality in a genre where talking about originality is almost a crime. Well, guys, King Buzzo has his bible, and it's called "My War" (1984 album by Black Flag). Really, it's impossible to comment on the individual songs. This is an album, finally, beautiful from the first to the last second, without respite. One cannot think of listening to this or that song, or say: "put on track three".
Let's hope this isn't the swan song of an unheard-of band, even if when you get to the last song you wonder how many more years you'll have to wait before hearing an honest and sincere album like this in a sea of banality. Oh, I forgot, in this modern sea, the Melvins have taken a leak.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 A History of Drunks (02:19)
She helped remove the bullets from my leg
She took the blade, and dug them out while I lay screaming
She showed me bloody things and held them in her hand
And said that these were hers, and put them in my pocket
I begged her, shoot me in the head
She took my gun and shot my leg instead
The way she held my gun and looked at me with rage
And told me everything was okay if I survived
And now she stays with me, IT's crazy, but she's mine
She says that I'm insane, because she doesn't mind
She was the killing need, she left me here to die
In all the ways, the worry is alright
09 The Mechanical Bride (06:25)
We are undone
And all I could see
They listen to the world
THey live upon the earth. . .
. . .mother made man
And you're so crazy
And they would say we're sane
Kneel beside the blood
We are undone
Somewhere no one
As soon as it was born
Did love of where he stood
No lamb will live
ANd underrate this
We're staring at the sun
As many as I love
No water and a lie
Covered it over
No power in the house
ANd with it, they do harm
I can believe
That you're so crazy
ANd welcome to the end
You wish you were alone
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By puntiniCAZpuntini
October 10, 2006: history repeats itself. A new album of songs - s o n g s - by the Melvins.
Clearly, and I repeat clearly superior to the previous one. Technically excellent, masterfully produced, and without overindulging in illness.
