{"id":793470,"date":"2019-02-27T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=797576"},"modified":"2019-02-27T08:00:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:00:03","slug":"hear-dub-trios-heavy-trippy-new-collaboration-with-melvins-buzz-osborne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/hear-dub-trios-heavy-trippy-new-collaboration-with-melvins-buzz-osborne\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Dub Trio\u2019s Heavy, Trippy New Collaboration With Melvins\u2019 Buzz Osborne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the years go by, Dub Trio\u2019s name feels less and less apt. While the group\u2019s early work<\/a> orbited around reggae<\/a>, more recent releases have focused on crushing, riff-centric metal. \u201cWorld of Inconvenience,\u201d the lead single from the group\u2019s new LP, The Shape of Dub to Come<\/em>, draws on both styles to create a crafty, atmospheric hybrid.<\/p>\n

Often instrumental, the group gets a vocal assist here from Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, whose inimitable bellow perfectly complements the track\u2019s dark, dirge-like feel. Much as the group adds spacey, dub-like treatments to its instruments, Osborne\u2019s voice is also run through a bevy of trippy effects. The track\u2019s video augments footage of the group and singer performing in a subterranean space with swirling visual abstraction.<\/p>\n

Dub Trio bassist Stu Brooks explained how the collaboration came about. \u201cWe are an instrumental band,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019ve only ever had one guest on our albums, Mike Patton. (\u2018No Flag,\u2019<\/a> Another Sound Is Dying<\/em>, and \u2018Not Alone,\u2019<\/a> New Heavy<\/em>). \u2018World of Inconvenience\u2019 was going to live on the album as an instrumental but the sludge metal riff was screaming for Buzz. So as a last minute add, we reached out to him. He took the instrumental to his studio in L.A. and we gave him total creative freedom. The lyrics are like a puzzle or a code that can\u2019t be cracked in just one listen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt always rewarding to create a piece of music, have an artist interpret it, and have it come back a different animal,\u201d guitarist Dave Holmes tells Rolling Stone<\/em> via e-mail. \u201cBuzz brought out a whole other side to the song that didn\u2019t exist before.\u201d Drummer Joe Tomino praises Osborne as \u201can artist that has a unique voice and uncompromising career.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not often I get to write lyrics and sing over music I didn\u2019t come up with, so this was a special treat for me,\u201d Osborne added. \u201cI\u2019m glad they let me be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out April 26th, The Shape of Dub to Come<\/em> will be Dub Trio\u2019s fifth LP and first in eight years. Since Dub Trio\u2019s prior LP, 2011\u2019s IV<\/em>, members of the group have worked with everyone from Lauryn Hill to Matisyahu. Previously, they\u2019ve served as a live band for both Mike Patton and Matisyahu. Dub Trio will be on tour in the U.S. this May.<\/p>\n

Dub Trio Tour Dates<\/strong>
May 9 \u2013 Washington, D.C. @ DC9
May 10 \u2013 Philly, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
May 11 \u2013 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
May 12 \u2013 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
May 14 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
May 16 \u2013 Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint
May 17 \u2013 Burlington, Vermont @ Higher Ground
May 18 \u2013 East Durham, NY @ Flyday Music Festival<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the years go by, Dub Trio\u2019s name feels less and less apt. While the group\u2019s early work orbited around reggae, more recent releases have focused on crushing, riff-centric metal. \u201cWorld of Inconvenience,\u201d the lead single from the group\u2019s new LP, The Shape of Dub to Come, draws on both styles to create a crafty, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-793470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 17:48:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}