The Melvins stream the new song “Stop Moving To Florida” from the incoming album Pinkus Abortion Technician (Ipecac Recordings, 20th April)

The Melvins stream the new song

The Melvins have announced their new album Pinkus Abortion Technician (April 20th, Ipecac Recordings), featuring two bass players: Steven McDonald (Redd Kross, OFF!) and Jeff Pinkus (Butthole Surfers), and today they share the lead track “Stop Moving To Florida”.

The song is a medley of the James Gang’s “Stop” and Butthole Surfers’ “Moving To Florida,” which Osborne explains, “I wanted to do the song ‘Stop’ but I didn’t want to do all of it and I LOVE ‘Moving to Florida’ so ‘Stop Moving To Florida’ seemed perfect”

STREAM: “STOP MOVING TO FLORIDA

With our upcoming release, we double your bass player with Steven McDonald AND Jeff Pinkus holding down the bottom,” explains Dale Crover. “It’s an experiment in the low end of the aural spectrum where we asked ourselves, ‘would it work?’ ‘could it work??’ ‘should it work???’ The answers were yes, yes and YES!
 
We’ve never had two bass players. We’ve had two drummers and two guitar players so it makes total sense to now have two bass players”, adds Buzz Osborne. “We’ll be taking this two-prong bass attack on the road as well which should prove to be interesting. Pinkus Abortion Technician is a radically great record and was a stone groove to record. We drank a lot of coffee and enjoyed each other’s company. I like Steven and Jeff a great deal. I admire their bass playing and singing and both of them can grill a mean steak.
 
 
Pinkus Abortion Technician tracklist:
1. Stop Moving To Florida
2. Embrace The Rub
3. Don’t Forget To Breathe
4. Flamboyant Duck
5. Break Bread
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. Prenup Butter
8. Graveyard
 
In addition to this track, the band also covers the Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and Butthole Surfers’ “Graveyard”.
Pre-orders for the eight-song album are available now, with digital pre-orders including an instant download of “Stop Moving To Florida”
 
The band has also simultaneously announced a 10-week North American tour, that will feature the Melvins as a four-piece with both Pinkus and McDonald joining Osborne and Crover.Tour dates can be found here. European tour dates are being planned and will be announced when ready.