MELVINS - Ozma LP rockabilly as languid and ominous as

as languid and ominous as the band would get during the Marc Riley years

complete with inter-lab beef

menacing from start to finish

while avoiding the self-indulgent pitfalls of both

bassist/keyboardist STEPHANIE DEMOPULOS and drummer LISA CARMERON craft songs that shape-shift from part to part rather than follow traditional verse-chorus-verse structure

MELVINS - Ozma LP rockabilly as languid and ominous asGatefold sleeve. Highly recommended. Ozma was recorded soon after Melvins made the move from Washington to San Francisco, and was their first release to include the diminutive yet mighty Lorax (Lori Temple Black) on bass. In fact, the first sound one hears at the albums opening is Lori standing on her tiptoes to switch on her amp, thereby warning the listener of the onslaught to come. Distorted, down tuned doom riffs start, stop, lurch sideways with