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Stag
Rock · 1996 · 16 tracks

Stag

Melvins

A bizarre, high-budget collision of crushing sludge riffs, sitar drones, and absurdist pop. The sound of a band testing how far a major label will let them go.

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It's like a heavy metal circus where the clowns are actually terrifying and play sitars.

A restless and absurdist journey that balances bone-crushing heaviness with psychedelic curiosity.

Stag · vs · Melvins
Playful+0.8σ

Playful saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
The Bit
4:43
02
Hide
0:49
03
Bar-X the Rocking M
2:22
04
Yacobs Lab
1:16
05
The Bloat
3:40
06
Tipping the Lion
3:46
07
Black Bock
2:41
08
Goggles
6:28
09
Soup
2:37
10
Buck Owens
3:09
11
Sterilized
3:29
12
Lacrimosa
4:38
13
Skin Horse
5:15
14
Captain Pungent
2:19
15
Berthas
1:23
16
Cottonmouth
1:56
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unexpected sitar drone that opens The Bit, grounding the heavy sludge in a psychedelic haze.
The jarring transition into the lounge-inflected organ and slide whistle of Bar-X the Rocking M.
The eerie, multi-tracked vocal harmonies on Skin Horse that sound like a distorted lullaby.
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