Stream the New Melvins Song “Captain Comedown” Right Now

Melvins are nothing short of prolific: they release new music more often than Axl makes typos, and they’ve been doing it since nineteen-frickin-eighty-six. Full-length album Hold It In came out this past October (after TWO full releases the year before), but that’s no reason not to keep plugging along: they’ve teamed up with Le Butcherettes, with whom they’ll be on tour this summer, to release a split EP called Chaos as Usual. It’ll be available on CD and 10-inch vinyl and can only be purchased if you go and see said tour in the flesh.

Melvins have now shared “Captain Comedown,” one of the tracks from the EP, embedded below. That’s one thunderously delicious looping riff, just the kind of heft and stomp we’ve come to consistently expect from this band. The bass line comes courtesy of Butthole Surfers’ Jeff Pinkus, by the way.

If you’re planning on checking out Melvins on tour this summer, make sure you get there early: we saw Le Butcherettes open for Faith No More in NYC last week and they were definitely worth catching.

The Melvins 2015 Tour Dates:
06/06 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *
06/07 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace *
06/09 – San Antonio, TX @ Korova *
06/10 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk Austin *
06/11 – Dallas, TX @ Trees Dallas *
06/12 – Norman, OK @ Opolis *
06/14 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck *
06/15 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird *
06/16 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme *
06/17 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre *
06/18 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar *
06/20 – Montebello, QC @ Amnesia Rockfest *
06/22 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall *
06/23 – London, ON @ Call The Office *
06/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog-Shop *
06/26 – Syracuse, NY @ The Westcott Theater *
06/27 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club *
06/28 – Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom at the Outer Space *
06/29 – New York, NY @ Santos Party House *
06/30 – New York, NY @ Santos Party House *
07/01 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
07/02 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar *
07/03 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle *
07/05 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In *
07/06 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom *
07/07 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre *
07/08 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door *
07/09 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
07/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ Grumpy’s Bar & Grill *
07/12 – Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium *
07/13 – Sioux Falls, SD @ The District *
07/14 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room Lounge *
07/16 – Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre *
07/17 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall *
07/18 – Taos, NM @ Taos Mesa Brewing *
07/19 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad *
07/21 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
09/06 – Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot Festival

* = w/ Le Bucherettes

[via The PRP]