Imagine rampaging drums, guitars even more gnarled and noisy than those on Sonic Youth's Dirty, a female vocalist screeching in monotone, and bass a funk metal band could be proud of, and you're about halfway there. This will undoubtedly leave many victims scratching their heads in disdain.Beware: Scratch or Stitch is the sort of Japanese noise rock that could prove highly unsettling. However despite the successful attempt to keep even the faintest hint of a melodic presence from creeping in, this music is actually quite rhythmic and that is the glue that holds it all together despite entering atonality central.Ĭertainly not for the non-adventurous music freaks out there! Kenny G this is not. The types that make other noise rock bands like Sonic Youth sound like bubblegum pop in comparison.
Throughout this brief but exhausting cacophonous extravaganza we get one type of tortured blast of noise after another. I always thought of this early incarnation of MELT BANANA as psychedelic punk with caffeinated Japanese cheerleaders screaming for vengeance. MELT BANANA seriously masters the art of dissonance that is designed to murder melodies, strangle song structures and rapaciously rape the receptors that normally would translate sound into musical pleasure. It first and foremost reminds the listener of a highly caffeinated punk band with the over-the-top noise-fest, attitude and total disregard for any musical sugar coatings.
This defies categorization but it does include elements from different known genres such as punk and metal and even psychedelia. Personally i love this sonic torture!ĬACTUSES COME IN FLOCKS is their debut album (originally released on cassette only) and shows the band in their most raw and primal freakiness. This one is guaranteed to get all those WTF responses! I used to play this just to see the looks on people’s faces upon first exposure to the insanity known as MELT BANANA, a Japanese extremity that takes noise rock and noisecore to its noisiest levels of abrasiveness.
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