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Gluey Porch Treatments
Rock · 1987 · 7 tracks · 35m

Gluey Porch Treatments

Melvins

A foundational blueprint for sludge metal. Down-tuned riffs and punishing drum work collide in a murky, low-fidelity explosion of Pacific Northwest grit.

1987 · Boner Records

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A suffocating, murky intensity that balances genuine aggression with a strange, absurdist detachment.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 35m
02
Echo Head
03
Don't Piece Me
07
Exact Paperbacks
0:43
08
Happy Gray or Black
2:02
12
Heaviness of the Load
3:06
17
As Was It
2:52
18
Over From Under the Excrement
4:39
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the frantic punk energy of the opening tracks into the suffocatingly slow crawl of the mid-album sludge.
Dale Crover's snare hits on 'Heaviness of the Load' which sound like they are physically trying to break the microphone.
The final feedback wash of 'Over From Under the Excrement' that leaves a ringing silence in its wake.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Gluey Porch Treatments sound next to the rest of Melvins's catalogue?

Raw+2.6σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

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