A Walk with Love & Death

A Walk with Love & Death is a double album and the 22nd album by American rock band Melvins, released on July 7, 2017, through Ipecac Recordings. It includes two distinct albums: Love, a fourteen-song soundtrack to a short film by Jesse Nieminen, also known as A Walk with Love & Death, and Death, made up of nine standard songs. This is the first full-length Melvins album to feature bassist Steven McDonald, who only appeared on four of the songs on their previous album, Basses Loaded. Guest musicians include Joey Santiago (Pixies), Anna Waronker (that dog.) and Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes).

Track listing

All songs written by the Melvins.

Love (Original Soundtrack)

Death

Personnel

Love

King Buzzo – guitar, vocals, theremin, modular synth, assorted noise

Dale Crover – drums, vocals, assorted noise

Steven McDonald – bass, vocals, assorted noise

with

Toshi Kasai – assorted recordings, noise

Joey Santiago – special guest guitar

Anna Waronker – special guest backing vocals

James Bartlett – special guest keyboards

Tom Hazelmyer – special guest guitar

Death

King Buzzo – guitar, vocals

Dale Crover – drums, vocals

Steven McDonald – bass, vocals

with

Joey Santiago – extra guitar

Anna Waronker – backing vocals

Teri Gender Bender – backing vocals

Additional personnel

Toshi Kasai – producer, engineer

Steven McDonald – engineer

John Golden – mastering

Mackie Osborne – art

References

Melvins albums

2017 albums

Ipecac Recordings albums

Sound collage albums