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Originally Posted by Everyneurotic
hahahahahahahahaha, burn!!!
let's just look at it objectively, without saying "it's good" or "it's not"; these discs are very experimental for them, and the band was coming out of their major label deal, they were already THE MELVINS, all powerful godz of the riff and survivors of grunge and godfathers of modern doom; indies were killing each other to have the band sign with them, so, instead of diving head first into the pressure of releasing another houdini, they avoided it by doing a complete turn instead of doing what they always do; and once they were through with being odd with themselves, they got their riffs back and their pounding drums and became the melvins again, tried and true. avoiding any expectations.
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Compared to Houdini they're experimental, compared to half of Stoner Witch, maybe so. Compared to Eggnog, those records are downright pop though. I think the Melvins have gone back and forth between their experimental and their pop and punk sides pretty much as regularly as Sonic Youth have from the beginning. Both groups started out slightly more traditional than their sophmore art/noise records, then got a degree of mainstream acceptance with admitedly more accessible albums, then started mixing it up back and forth once they were considered elders of the whole movement.