by Crystal Fairy, the new band featuring Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender, the Melvins’ Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover, with Mars Volta/At The Drive-In’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, are streaming their self-titled debut album at RollingStone.com.
The 11-song album arrives on February 24th, via Ipecac Recordings. An article that discusses the band’s origin and recording sessions accompanies the pre-release listen.
Said drummer Dale Crover:
When the Melvins toured with Le Butcherettes, Teri would come out at the end of the set and do ‘Rebel Girl’ with us. It was almost always the highlight of the show! From doing that, we knew there was some chemistry between us that was worth exploring. We became close friends with both Teri and Omar on the tour and came up with the idea of starting a new band with them.
Added Teri Gender Bender:
Omar caught up with us on the Melvins’ tour because he is an admirer. Through the travels, the Melvins and Omar connected as well. Sometimes, Omar and I would fantasize loudly of hopefully being able to form a power together. Before we knew it, we were writing music in the studio (both in El Paso and L.A.) and birthed a magical little gem that I am extremely proud to be a part of.
Pre-orders of Crystal Fairy are available on Bandcamp and at iTunes, Amazon, and Apple Music. Physical bundles are available via Ipecac’s web store.
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