Gluey Porch Treatments

Rock · 1987 · 7 tracks · 35m

Gluey Porch Treatments

A foundational blueprint for sludge metal. Down-tuned riffs and punishing drum work collide in a murky, low-fidelity explosion of Pacific Northwest grit.

The record that taught Nirvana how to be heavy and basically invented sludge metal in a basement.

A suffocating, murky intensity that balances genuine aggression with a strange, absurdist detachment.

Gluey Porch Treatments · vs · Melvins

Raw+2.6σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 35m

02

Echo Head

03

Don't Piece Me

07

Exact Paperbacks

0:43

08

Happy Gray or Black

2:02

12

Heaviness of the Load

3:06

17

As Was It

2:52

18

Over From Under the Excrement

4:39

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring transition from the frantic punk energy of the opening tracks into the suffocatingly slow crawl of the mid-album sludge.

Dale Crover's snare hits on 'Heaviness of the Load' which sound like they are physically trying to break the microphone.

The final feedback wash of 'Over From Under the Excrement' that leaves a ringing silence in its wake.

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