Melt Banana are a 'noise-punk' band from Tokyo, Japan.How to describe Melt Banana is so difficult that it's easier to look at the facts and the panaroma of their career of over 15 years, 10 albums and 23 EPS and try to see which adjectives stick best.
Most obvious is a furious inventiveness that has burnt like a gasoline bonfire for nearly two decades without any sign of burning out. In the ash left behind: years of music that somehow melds ultra fast, twitching punk and hardcore with huge riffs and moments of constant feedback to squawking half cartoon half hip hop vocals. If Melt Banana was a spray tin can of sugar infused cream cheese (which it could be) it'd come with added e-numbers and a 5% digital hardcore 10% noise-trash extra Free.
BUT! To focus on their recorded output wouldn't be the best marker for how much of a treat this live show will be: Melt Banana's live shows and sets have been issued around the world as a recording of how incredibly they can intersperse their hits with seconds long ultrasonic musical hand grenades and freeform improvisation. Something worth trawling youtube for, if you aren't worried about spoiling the surprise.
Tickets are £10 Advance, available at RPM Records.
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