The Bulls & the Bees

The Bulls & The Bees
EP by Melvins
Released 2012
Genre
Length 23:33
Label Scion A/V
Melvins chronology
Sugar Daddy Live
(2011)Sugar Daddy Live2011
The Bulls & The Bees
(2012)
Freak Puke
(2012)Freak Puke2012

The Bulls & The Bees is an EP by the Melvins, released on March 13, 2012[1] through Scion A/V for free download. It was also released as a free CD for their May 2012 tour with Unsane and released as a 10" vinyl later that year for the 51/51 tour.[2] On June 2, 2015, an expanded CD containing the Electroretard album was released on Ipecac Recordings.

Music and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Punknews.org[3]
Spin7/10[4]
QRO Magazine7.9/10[5]

According to Christopher R. Weingarten of Spin, the EP features experiments with neoclassical and dark ambient styles while also continuing the rock sound of the band's last three LPs.[4]

Track listing

Original EP

No.TitleLength
1."The War On Wisdom"3:40
2."We Are Doomed"7:03
3."Friends Before Larry"4:19
4."A Really Long Wait"4:22
5."National Hamster"4:09

Electroretard (2015 CD re-release)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Shit Storm (Edit)" 1:01
7."Youth of America"Sage9:17
8."Gluey Porch Treatments" 0:47
9."Revolve" 4:20
10."Missing"Cows4:09
11."Lovely Butterflies" 6:02
12."Tipping the Lion" 3:48
13."Interstellar Overdrive"Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason9:51

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. "The Melvins announce new free EP ‘The Bulls and the Bees’". Loudwire. February 27, 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  2. The Bulls & The Bees at Scion A/V
  3. Gentile, John (March 20, 2012). "Melvins - The Bulls and the Bees (2012)". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Weingarten, Christopher R. (March 19, 2012). "Melvins, ‘The Bulls & The Bees’ (Scion A/V)". Spin. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  5. Fath, Aaron. The Melvins : The Bulls and The Bees EP. QRO. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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