Played Supersonic in 2012, I think? Set of two halves, first set was in the style which has ended up being 'new' Melt-Banana, and second set was the full band 'old' Melt-Banana.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 10:57 (ten years ago) link
Forget that, must have been an earlier year than that because they played in the pool.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 10:59 (ten years ago) link
201420/05 Colchester Arts Centre21/05 Leeds Brudenell Social Club22/05 Glasgow Mono23/05 Newcastle Cluny 224/05 Manchester Fat Out Festival25/05 Birmingham Rainbow Warehouse27/05 Sheffield Queens Social Club28/05 London Heaven29/05 Norwich Arts Centre30/05 Bristol Fleece31/05 Cambridge Portland Arms01/06 Southampton Joiners02/06 Brighton Green Door Store
― koogs, Saturday, 1 February 2014 12:59 (ten years ago) link
(from facebook)
Finished listening to the album. It might be the best one I've heard yet (still need 3 or 4 of the early albums) but definitely the most consistent I've heard, quite a bit heavier I'd say. Really brilliant.
Bought a ticket to their upcoming show. It will be my second time.
Does anyone sit and read the lyrics? Really difficult to follow.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 8 March 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
"Candy Gun" showed up in my Spotify discover playlist, thank you for introducing me, Spotify.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 3 August 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
that may be my least favorite song on fetch but it's still great!
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:26 (eight years ago) link
Woot!
Saw melt Banana at the garage with DJ scotch egg. Always meant to catch then again. That was 2005 but tonight is the night.
They are doing their own merch. They scare me, slightly.
― koogs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
are they still playing as a duo?
― sleeve, Thursday, 15 June 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
xp I also saw Melt-Banana at the Garage in 2005 but it was the other night with Narcosis/I'm Being Good/Bullet Union. I saw them a few years ago as a duo around the time Fetch came out. Think that was the 3rd time I saw them? Was thinking of going to see them in Brighton on this tour but timing wasn't good.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 15 June 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
it's so hot my banana definitely feels like it's melting today
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 15 June 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
xp to self in fact this is documented upthread back in 2005
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 15 June 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
just the two of them, yes. agata with the facemask and guitar and yasuko doing everything else via midi(?) and that controller thing she uses (one-handed) that looks like a playstation portable.
they were loud and bright and pixel perfect again last night but something didn't click for me and i was paying less attention to what they were doing than to how they were doing it. and the obvious hard work they've put in and all the practice (neither put a beat wrong) just detracted somehow. the 300 other people there seemed to be really into it though.
they were on the merch desk until the support band finished and then spent the interval sorting out their own gear. a minute after they finished agata was back on the desk and yasuko was breaking her stuff down. made me wonder whether the entire tour was just the two of them doing everything on their own (and how lonely that would be).
― koogs, Friday, 16 June 2017 09:08 (six years ago) link
(it's a Numark Orbit - https://www.facebook.com/NumarkOrbit/posts/638933552825050 )
― koogs, Friday, 16 June 2017 09:11 (six years ago) link
new album 3+5 out in August! first for over 10 years. I wasn't going to bother seeing them on this tour because I saw them in 2022, and Prolapse are playing the same night, argh
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 23 May 2024 09:05 (one week ago) link
oh thank god, our long (inter)national nightmare is over
fetch was _so fucking good_
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 23 May 2024 13:28 (one week ago) link
Oh hell yes. I'm seeing them next month, super pumped
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Thursday, 23 May 2024 15:26 (one week ago) link
Cell-Scape is still my fav, but I always have time for them
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 23 May 2024 15:27 (one week ago) link
100% agree re:Fetch. album still blows me away
― gman59, Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:13 (one week ago) link
wait there was one after Bambi's Dilemma? omfg I am so old, I bought the Bambi LP from them at a show
wish they were on Bandcamp!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:19 (one week ago) link
ohmygod they're coming back to Hull so happy
― Bitchin Doutai (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:51 (one week ago) link
oh fuck they are playing Portland TOMORROW, Hawthorne Theater, no way can I go
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 23 May 2024 16:54 (one week ago) link
This is great news
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 23 May 2024 17:22 (one week ago) link
i on the other hand can totally go, thanks for the heads up sleeve :)
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 23 May 2024 18:43 (one week ago) link
<3
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 23 May 2024 18:47 (one week ago) link
I'm seeing the Denver show in less than a week. Incredibly stoked!
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Thursday, 23 May 2024 19:41 (one week ago) link