A Walk with Love & Death

A Walk with Love & Death
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 2017
StudioSound of Sirens Studio
GenreExperimental rock, sound collage
LabelIpecac
ProducerMelvins, Toshi Kasai
Melvins chronology
Basses Loaded
(2016)
A Walk with Love & Death
(2017)
Pinkus Abortion Technician
(2018)
Professional ratings
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AnyDecentMusic?6.6/10
Metacritic69/100
Review scores
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AllMusic
The Line of Best Fit9/10
musicOMH
The Skinny

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).