A band who have justifiably been championed across the world, Tokyo’s Melt-Banana have been responsible for some of the most complex punk rock ever made … that far outshines ninety-nine percent of most other bands out there. The band once described their live show as “Shooting machine gun and laser beam, chaos in order.” And I think that pretty much sums them up. -- Olli Siebelt, BBC
No wave without the self-conscious pretension, avant garde composition compressed into one-minute-or-less bursts, urgency, intricate destruction, pure glorious abandon. Melt-Banana play the same way that Repulsion, Naked City, The Ruins, or The Boredoms all make you want to scream and dance and kill your neighbors. This is not music that we are conditioned to accept. This is you delirious with joy scraping your five senses off the floor. -- Matthew Moyer, Ink19
Melt-Banana are in a league of their own. There are other extreme hardcore bands out there who are experimental and unique but Melt-Banana are more than that. They area giants amongst infants. Masters amongst pupils. Kings amongst serfs. Nobody can do what they do and nobody can adequately use words to describe them. -- Jeb, Crass Menagerie
Side One
1. Phantasmagoria
2. Shield For Your Eyes, A Beast In The Well On Your Hand
3. A Dreamer Who Is Too Weak To Face Up To
4. Lost Parts Stinging Me So Cold
5. Chain-Shot To Have Some Fun
6. Like A White Bat In A Box, Dead Matters Go On
Side Two
1. Key Is A Fact That Cat Brings
2. A Hunter In The Rain To Cut The Neck Up In The Present Stage
3. If It Is The Deep Sea, I Can See You There
4. Outro For Cell-Scape
A-Zap Records
2003
Catalog #: AZ 05LP
