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Freak Puke
Rock · 2012 · 10 tracks · 42m

Freak Puke

Melvins

A leaner, weirder Melvins. Upright bass adds a woody, avant-garde creak to their signature sludge, creating a record that is both intimate and deeply unsettling.

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It's the Melvins but with a stand-up bass and a weirdly great Paul McCartney cover.

A tense, woody, and absurdist exploration of sludge through an avant-garde lens.

Freak Puke · vs · Melvins
Upright Bass+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds upright bass far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 42m
01
Mr. Rip Off
5:52
02
Inner Ear Rupture
1:57
03
Baby, Won't You Weird Me Out
3:51
04
Worm Farm Waltz
3:55
05
A Growing Disgust
4:28
06
Leon Versus the Revolution
2:47
07
Holy Barbarians
2:32
08
Freak Puke
2:47
09
Let Me Roll It
4:31
10
Tommy Goes Berserk
9:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition into the bowed upright bass screeching on Inner Ear Rupture.
The surprisingly faithful yet slightly off-kilter groove of the Let Me Roll It cover.
The nearly ten-minute descent into chaotic noise and feedback during Tommy Goes Berserk.
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