WHO: (the) Melvins
WHAT: Tarantula Heart
WHY: The Melvins “joke” that this is the best album they’ve released ever or in a long time. I don’t know if that’s necessarily true, because I remember Bases Loaded being pretty great. The thing with the Melvins is that they’re constantly putting out good or above average albums. However, I gotta say, there’s something quite special about Tarantula Heart. It’s sludgy, funny, heavy, ambitious, catchy as hell yet still retains the identity of a Melvins record. One wonders if they’ve been holding back all these years or simply chose to do something different this time around. Whatever the case may be, this is one great record.
Listen to it here.
