Bob Baker Fish, Journalist

In fact this whole album is one big joke. Even when they’re trying to be sincere the Melvins can‘t help but take the piss.

Beyond The Ragasphere is truly beautiful and complex music.

Genius has rarely been this enjoyable.

McCombs and co utilise the stripped-down ingredients to create mood and space, displaying a patience and a desire to say more with less, mining the space where film score ends and post rock begins.

It’s hard not to feel that this environment had an impact; there is urgency in the newly electrified sounds, some higher tempos, but there are also other influences.

There’s not a lot of tricks or flourishes here. What you see is what you get; a good honest rock-out with no apologies.

It’s wild stuff. “Watch out for the train/Watch out for the elephants/Watch out for the trip/God has the good stuff man,” he offers on Search It Out, one and a half minutes of suggestive paranoia.