The Melvins released The Bulls & The Bees/Electroretard split album this week on Ipecac Recordings. Both albums from two different configurations of the venerable band, representing all 13 songs on one CD. You can hear ‘Youth of America’ below:

 

https://soundcloud.com/ipecacrecordings/melvins-youth-of-america/s-giTnR

Tracklisting:

1.The War On Wisdom
2. We Are Doomed
3. Friends Before Larry
4. A Really Long Wait
5. National Hamster
6. Shit Storm
7. Youth Of America
8. Gluey Porch Treatments
9. Revolve
10. Missing
11. Lovely Butterflies
12. Tipping The Lion
13. Intersteller Overdrive

The Bulls & The Bees Line Up:

King Buzzo
Dale Crover
Coady Willis
Jared Warren

Electroretard Line Up:

King Buzzo
Dale Crover
Kevin Rutmanis
Mark Deutrom

 

The Melvins released Hold It In (Ipecac) last October and features Osborne and Crover joined by JD Pinkus and Paul Leary (album only) of Butthole Surfers. This lineup is kicking off an extensive tour this weekend in Tuscon, AZ with Le Buttcherttes opening. This run of dates will take the band into their scheduled European dates in September. Notable dates on the tour include The Amnesia Rockfest in Quebec, Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle and a two night stint at the Incubate Festival in Tilburg, NL.

 

 

The Melvins tour dates, with Le Butcherettes

Jun 6 Club Congress- Tucson, AZ

Jun 7 Lowbrow Palace- El Paso, TX

Jun 9 Korova- San Antonio, TX

Jun 10 The Mohawk – Austin, TX

Jun 11 Trees- Dallas, TX

Jun 12 Opolis – Norman, OK

Jun 14 The Bottleneck- Lawrence, KS

Jun 15 The Firebird= St. Louis, MO

Jun 16 The Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI

Jun 17 DTE Energy Music Theater (w/System of a Down) – Clarkston, MI

Jun 18 A&R Music Bar – Columbus, OH

Jun 19/20 Amnesia Rockfest – Montebello, QC, Canada (no Le Butcherettes)

Jun 22 Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON, Canada

Jun 23 Call The Office – London, ON, Canada

Jun 25 The Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH

Jun 26 The Westcott Theater – Syracuse, NY

Jun 27 Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA

Jun 28 The Ballroom at the Outer Space – Hamden, CT

Jun 29 Santos Party House – New York, NY

Jun 30 Santos Party House – New York, NY

Jul 1 Underground Arts- Philadelphia, PA

Jul 2 Ottobar- Baltimore, MD

Jul 3 Cat’s Cradle- Carrboro, NC

Jul 5 Exit In- Nashville, TN

Jul 6 Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY

Jul 7 The Vogue Theatre- Indianapolis, IN

Jul 8 Double Door – Chicago, IL

Jul 9 High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI

Jul 10 RIBCO – Rock Island, IL

Jul 11 BASH 15 at Grumpy’s Downtown w/ COWZ, Hammerhead,

Gay Witch Abortion – Minneapolis, MN

Jul 12 The Aquarium – Fargo, ND

Jul 13 The District- Sioux Falls, SD

Jul 14 The Waiting Room- Omaha, NE

Jul 16 Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, CO

Jul 17 Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO

Jul 18 Taos Mesa Brewing – Taos, NM

Jul 19 The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM

Jul 21 Crescent Ballroom- Phoenix, AZ

 

Aug 26 Pappy and Harriet’s- Pioneertown, CA

Aug 27 Casbah – San Diego, CA

Aug 28 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA

Aug 29 The Bunkhouse Saloon – Las Vegas, NV

Aug 30 Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT

Sept 1 Neurolux – Boise, ID

Sept 3 The Bartlett – Spokane, WA

Sept 5 Venue – Vancouver, BC, Canada

Sept 6 Bumbershoot Festival – Seattle, WA

Sept 7 Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR

Sept 9 Great American Music Hall- San Francisco, CA

2015 European Tour

Sept 15 Midi Theater Incubate Festival- Tilburg, NL

Sept 16 Midi Theater Incubate Festival- Tilburg, NL

Sept 18 Le Chabada (Levitation France Festival)Angers, France

Sept 19 Le Bataclan – Paris, France