Scion A/V has partnered with the Melvins for an EP titled 'Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees', a five-song collection that marks the band's first original material since their 2010 album 'The Bride Screamed Murder'. The release is available today as a FREE download via Scion A/V's website.
A video for "The War on Wisdom," which features a re-enacted, early incarnation of the Melvins is available now thanks to Brooklyn Vegan.com.
The Melvins formed in 1983, kicking off what would be a seismic shift in heavy music and focusing the epicenter of modern music firmly on the Pacific Northwest for the next decade plus. The band blended punk, metal, hard rock to create a new subgenre that has been tagged with a variety of labels including sludge, grunge and doom and won a cult of fans that have yet to waiver some twenty-nine years into the band's career. Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover have been the band's constants (Crover joined in 1984) with Big Business' Jared Warren and Coady Willis joining the band in 2006 for (A) Senile Animal.
"The Melvins have remained such a consistent presence in heavy music," says Jeri Yoshizu, manager of sales promotions for Scion. "It's an honor to have them create an original release for Scion A/V."
Osborne described Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees as "amazing in its noisy calm intensity." The physical release will be available at Scion Partners retail stores. For more information about the Scion Partner program and to find retail stores, visit www.scionav.com/partners.
Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees Track Listing:
1. The War on Wisdom
2. We Are Doomed
3. Friends Before Larry
4. A Really Long Wait
5. National Hamster
The EP release will be followed by a 21-date U.S. trek that kicks off on April 11 at The Blank Club in San Jose, California and wraps up exactly a month later on May 11 at The Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana, California. Dates are:
Tour Schedule:
- April 11: San Jose, CA at The Blank Club
- April 12: San Francisco, CA at Great American Music Hall
- April 13: Los Angeles, CA at The Troubadour
- April 14: San Diego, CA at The Casbah
- April 17: El Paso, TX at House of Rock
- April 19: Austin, TX at Mohawk
- April 20: Houston, TX at Warehouse Live
- April 21: New Orleans, LA at One Eyed Jack's
- April 23: Orlando, FL at The Social
- April 24: Gainesville, FL at Double Down Live
- April 25: Atlanta, GA at The Loft at Center Stage
- April 26: Charlotte, NC at Amos Southend
- April 28: West Chester, PA at The Note
- April 29: New York, NY at Webster Hall
- May 1: Milwaukee, WI at Turner Hall Ballroom
- May 2: DeKalb, IL at Otto's Nightclub
- May 3: St. Louis, MO at The Firebird
- May 4: Nashville, TN at Exit Inn
- May 7: Dallas, TX at Trees
- May 9: Santa Fe, NM at Santa Fe Brewing Company
- May 11: Santa Ana, CA at Galaxy Concert Theatre
Related links:
Official Site of The Melvins
The Melvins on Facebook
Scion's Official Site
Scion AV on Facebook
Scion AV Metal on Facebook
Scion on Twitter
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