Melt Banana - Classic or Dud?

So Melt Banana is great. Really really great. And they're nice people, too.

They are one of the best live bands I've ever seen--tighter than a mosquito's tweeter, and aggressive in a _joyful_ way that few bands can pull off. Plus, they're really fun to watch. And their T-shirts are totally ace.

Yes on the textures, obviously. I get basically the same agenda from both, though: gleeful stop-start spurts of chaotic scree, dropping into recognizable grooves every so often, then just as quickly dissolving into bash and clatter. And then they both have Mike Patton guest. Hmm ... if only Patton could introduce them and get a Fishtank project going ...

Anyway, I think what I'm thinking is that Melt-Banana tugs the rock template in sort of the same logistical directions that Kid 606 digs electronics.

Nitsuh, you answered your own question! ;-)

And I did say they were nice folk.

I've never been to a Knitting Factory show where there has been lots of movement. The Philadelphia crowds are always more fun and exciting. Having said that, Mondays show had the crowd going crazy the whole time. They did 3 encores, and people were still chanting for more.

They were great last night, but better six weeks ago. I told my friend (who'd never seen them before) "they've been on tour for six weeks straight, so they seem a little low-energy." She turned and boggled at me. They did rev up all the way for the encore, though, inc. "My Generation." And I think my friend may be going to see them again in Montclair, NJ tonight.

Well, if you're going to go and compare things to the average enthusiasm of a Knitting Factory show, sure, things got intense. Bigger pit than at the Low show, even! But compared to what I was expecting for a MB show...

Uk please also thx

Saw 'em tonight at Dante's in Portland--as always "RRAGG" was the third song they played--I somehow think that's kind of hilarious. (Maybe it's because they also like looking at the crowd right after it to see who's never seen them before, because they're the people who have expressions on their faces like "did they just do that?") They also pulled out a cover of Devo's "Uncontrollable Urge." If there's a guitarist who uses pedals more expressively these days than Agata, I don't know who it would be. And I am very sure there's not a better English-language lyricist whose native language isn't English than Yasuko Onuki.

I only own Cell-Scape so far & fear I may never see them live :-(

I concur, that solo record is worth picking up. Fun and even pretty in parts. Also reminds you just how unfathomably great & out-there his riffage in the group set-up is.

xpost - I like that outro... more ambience than noise tho?

True... but it's a fine line, I suppose.

Teeny Shiny is like Cell-Scape v0.7. Pretty solid, but still not quite the amicable merge of pop and grindcore it should be.

Nov 6 2005 8:00P
Pavillion Theatre Brighton UK,
Nov 8 2005 8:00P
Fleece and Firkin Bristol United Kindom,
Nov 9 2005 8:00P
Medicine Bar, Custard Factory Birmingham United Kingdom,
Nov 10 2005 8:00P
Garage London United Kingdom,
Nov 11 2005 8:00P
AC2 Manchester, United Kingdom,
Nov 12 2005 8:00P
Oran Mor Glasgow United Kingdom,
Nov 13 2005 8:00P
The Georglan Theatre Teeside/New Castle United Kingdom,
Nov 14 2005 8:00P
Nottingham Trent Uni. Nottingham United Kingdom,
Nov 15 2005 8:00P
Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff United Kingdom,
Nov 17 2005 8:00P
BBC session London United Kingdom,
Nov 18 2005 8:00P
tba Leeds United Kingdom,
Nov 19 2005 8:00P
The Adelphi Hull United Kingdom,
Nov 20 2005 8:00P
Garage London United Kingdom,
Nov 21 2005 8:00P
tba Southhampton United Kingdom,

bought my ticket for 10th november yesterday. phear me.

It is banana yellow.

(support slot last night was DJ Scotch Egg doing his usual GameBoy Gabba thing. divided the audience somewhat but i loved it)

My ears ringy. It's all good. I don't need to hear ever again.

I think they're a little disappointing on album, but the live show is amazing.

They covered Uncontrollable Urge & Neat Neat Neat, which was fun. So glad I went (I had to go on my own, as I suffer from a distinct lack of noisecore loving friends).

the BBC session mentioned above will be broadcast by Rob Da Bank, i think this thursday evening. (ie tonight)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/exposed/meltbanana549p01.shtml

On their sixth full-length studio release Melt Banana exercise a hitherto undetected area of their musical musculature: the "rock" region. Summing up an entire album, and one as diverse as Bambi's Dilemma, with such a pedestrian qualifier is risky business, agreed, but it seems to fit like never before. The band, of course, refuses to accommodate any such pigeonholing: "Maybe it is rock, but maybe not. We just make whatever we want. We just follow our own instincts!" The truth is MxBx makes music as they please, relying solely on their own maverick talent to get them where they need to be.

Bambi's Dilemma's eighteen tracks careen from extreme, fastblast attacks to more serene moments (usually reserved for nonalbum releases) to the band's revolutionary new, guitar and bassless "Theremin-core".

on tour now!!!

17 Oct 2007 8:00 P
Wow Hall Eugene, Oregon
18 Oct 2007 8:00 P
Hell’s Kitchen Tacoma, Washington
19 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Nightlight Lounge Bellingham, Washington
20 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Badlander Missoula, Montana
21 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Zebra cocktail lounge Bozeman, Montana
22 Oct 2007 7:00 P
Imperial Inn Rapid City, South Dakota
23 Oct 2007 6:00 P
Nutty’s North Sioux Falls, South Dakota
24 Oct 2007 8:00 P
High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin
25 Oct 2007 8:00 P
Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
26 Oct 2007 6:00 P
High Dive - Champaign Champaign, Illinois
27 Oct 2007 9:00 P
2 Cents Plain St. Louis, Missouri
30 Oct 2007 7:00 P
Rhino’s Bloomington, Indiana
31 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Mac’s Bar Lansing, Michigan
1 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
2 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
3 Nov 2007 7:30 P
Benedum Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Big Orbit’s Soundlab Buffalo, New York
6 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Bug Jar Rochester, New York
7 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Smog - Bard College Red Hook, New York
8 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
9 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Living Room Providence, Rhode Island
10 Nov 2007 7:00 P
Heirloom Arts Theatre Danbury, Connecticut
11 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Club Europa Brooklyn, New York
12 Nov 2007 7:30 P
First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
15 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville, Virginia
16 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Milestone Charlotte, North Carolina
17 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Lenny’s Atlanta, Georgia
18 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida
19 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Studio A Miami, Florida
20 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Back Booth Orlando, Florida
21 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Crowbar Tampa, Florida
23 Nov 2007 7:30 P
Bottle Tree Cafe Birmingham, Alabama
24 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Hi-Tone Memphis, Tennessee
25 Nov 2007 8:00 P
The End Nashville, Tennessee
27 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Parish at House Of Blues New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
28 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana
29 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Walter’s on Washington Houston, Texas
30 Nov 2007 7:00 P
White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
1 Dec 2007 8:00 P
Jake’s Sports Cafe Lubbock, Texas
3 Dec 2007 8:00 P
Hollywood Alley/TBA Mesa, Arizona
4 Dec 2007 8:00 P
Club Congress Tucson, Arizona
5 Dec 2007 7:00 P
Epicentre San Diego, California
7 Dec 2007 8:30 P
The Independent San Francisco, California

Just got back from the Eugene show, their 1st of the tour. They covered "Heart Of Glass" and were just as great as always.

I hope they come to Europe -- and Ireland -- again next year. I got my girlfriend into Melt-Banana, and she's love me forever if I could take her to see them live.

anyone else seen them recently? any good?

I don't think it's possible to see a Melt Banana show that isn't good.

Yeah, I saw them a week or so ago and had a good time.

What's the best album to get? I've seen them a few times over the years but never got round to buying anything. I think maybe now... it is time.

Everyone will have a different answer, but I started with Teeny Shiny so that's what I'd recommend. It's the best mid-point between their current slicker sound and their earlier noisy stuff.

i saw them driving in a van smiling last week!

Teeny Shiny is a fine place to start. I like Cell Scape a lot also.

My brothers' band opened for them in '96 and they floored us. I've since seen them with Fantomas, and then one of my bands chanced to support them in Missoula a few years back.

They have never disappointed me. Cell Scape is my fave, but I certainly haven't heard them all.

If you like Cell Scape so much, Nate, you'll love Bambi's Dilemma.

And I just remembered, they had a record on Skin Graft as well back in the mid-90s, Scratch or Stitch. Steve Albini and Jim O'Rourke both had a hand in that one.

Teeny and Cell but personally I prefer the shows.

i saw them on my birthday a year or so ago. best show EVAH.

Now I'm a mother of two and can't attend gigs (for the moment). Boo.

new one doesn't quite top Cell-Scape for me but still great... obligatory SEE THEM LIVE!! I was like O_O :O !!!

Charlie is v.good too

I keep hoping this thread will be UK dates :( :(

this band can really rip it up.

whatever happened to lake of dracula?

skin graft...sniff, eagle tear....

I am proud to say that I put out a record on Skin Graft a few years back. Such a cool label.

Lake of Dracula featured Weasel Walter who's still in Flying Luttenbachers and more...

English Leg of European Tour:

Mon 16th June 2008
* ULU - London

Tue 17th June 2008
* Brudenell Social - Leeds

Sat 21st June 2008
* Thekla - Bristol

Sun 22nd June 2008
* The Hare & Hounds - Birmingham

Mon 23rd June 2008
* Rock City - Nottingham

Wed 25th June 2008
* ULU - London

Thu 26th June 2008
* Barfly - The Gloucester - Brighton

you appear to have forgotten the 24th, where they will be playing the Cambridge Barfly. see y'all there.

I'll be at the Dublin show on the 20th, somewhere near the front (I'd better get there early, as Crawdaddy is tiny).

gr8 g1g. would go again.

appetite = whetted

off to see them...NOW.

They were awesome in Dublin last night. Shame the support 'band' (some MySpace combo who clearly don't rehearse and treated the spot like they were playing to mates in their own living room) were so shite, though.

> you appear to have forgotten the 24th

i just c'n'p'd them from the official website, guess it was added in meantime. myspace page does show 24 cambridge but i can't check official pages as i don't have flash on this computer and all i get is boxes full of 'download plugin'...

classic

A big C.

How I managed to miss them in my home town beats me up

Tonight is now at the Cambridge Soul Tree. Hope to see some of you there! I'll be the dude in a Cardiacs shirt (although I'll probably buy a M-B shirt too and wear it over the top).

Anyone?

OK, the playing of punk should be BANNED unless you are THIS FUCKING AWESOME. Like, the most intense thrash-pop experience imaginable. And there are only four of them. And they're all really small. And that guitarist. Oh man.

I was at the front, in the middle, moshing my tits off, as you might imagine.

yay!

It must be added that the frontwoman is probably the hottest I've ever seen. And the bassist the smallest.

Also, the song I really wanted to hear them play was their ENCORE. :D

(that being "Shield For Your Eyes, A Beast In The Well Of Your Hand")

How come no one on the internet has found or talked about the Saturday Night Live sketch from like 2001 where Horatio Sanz was Iann Robinsonn there was a japanese band called Crush Papaya featuring Poehler and Maya and them? And they played really short loud abrasive songs and then said all quiet.. "thankyoo."

Shouldn't that be like LOL OMG Noize D00d supermeme 4 alltime? But there's no trace of it anywhere on the internet :/

So I find out completely by chance they're back in Hull on Thursday. YEEEEEHAAAAAAAA :D

saw these dudes in bozeman, montana (?????) and it was fucking amazing

why they played in a college town where no one's heard of them i'll never know, but i was intensely grateful----wanted to hug each one of those motherfuckers

esp the singer amirite

god she's hot

lol cool your jets hotshot this is more or less a purely musical love affair I got

haha i was just channelling gbx's post into manifest truths

as for the music, shit they're up there with the finest i've seen or could imagine seeing

i don't think gbx was being tumescencey, just affectionate.

last time was just overwhelming really. i spotted the poster in a shop window today from the top deck of the bus and our Joel couldn't understand why I was getting so excitable until we got home and I played him some Cellscape.

oh, the hugs would all be affectionate, but one would be laced with more than a twinge of outright adoration, were i the hugger, just sayin'

cellscape is massive but christ almighty it barely prepares you...even being told that they replicate EVERYTHING live isn't quite enough...they're like some sort of tidal wave

i have an awesome us maple/melt banana poster that says minneapolis is in michigan

That was better than last time, if anything. Dunno if the stage divers* added anything.

*Strictly speaking you can't dive from the Adelphi stage. It's more about clambering upward and booting people in the ear.

I hope I get to see them in Brighton on Monday.

How come no one on the internet has found or talked about the Saturday Night Live sketch from like 2001 where Horatio Sanz was Iann Robinsonn there was a japanese band called Crush Papaya featuring Poehler and Maya and them? And they played really short loud abrasive songs and then said all quiet.. "thankyoo."

Shouldn't that be like LOL OMG Noize D00d supermeme 4 alltime? But there's no trace of it anywhere on the internet :/

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:27 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark

THIS:

http://snl.jt.org/detail.php?i=2002040612

I hope I get to see them in Brighton on Monday.

Hey, I was there! So, so good. Too bad the guitar player has the swine flu.

New LP. "MELT BANANA - Lite Live Ver 0.0" . with added electronics.

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=236333

oh, it's old songs (based on my sample of 3), done live, with synths.

Just been added to spotify, I'll hopefully give it a go tonight

http://open.spotify.com/album/5wxbpJgu7YrHSQqXh8gqeq

played Monkey Man by the specials last time i saw them. ruled.

Why have I never gotten into this band before? They're just incredible, and on tour:

http://www.myspace.com/AZAP
http://www.songkick.com/artists/152850-meltbanana/calendar

SO GOOD live

Melt Banana/Daughters(not so much)/Lightning Bolt still ranks in the best shows I've ever seen. That was about 7 years ago too.

new lp

http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/mxbx.html

bah, frames

http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/i_az009.html

whoa, geocities

so, who's in the band at this point?

just the two of them judging by the bit i just read.

sample here:
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/premiere-melt-banana-the-hive

interview here:
http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/2013/from-the-horses-mouth-agata-and-yako-melt-banana-on-fetch/

north american tour dates:
http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/i_2013tour.html

that new track ain't bad. sounds like melt banana alright.

Hooray, I was wondering when their next thing would be out

whole album streaming:
http://www.spin.com/articles/melt-banana-fetch-a-zap-records-interview-album-stream/

"now touring as a Sparks-gone-grindcore spazz-pop duo"

Aw... I'll miss the rhythm section. The bassist was great and I saw them with their original drummer and also with Dave Witte filling in. Always a great show.

everyone's on the internet are saying the album is great.

now i say that too.

this album reminding how much Marnie Stern owes to MB. Not even sure it's a conscious thing w her, but so much of this sounds like tighter, no-nonsense (and less pop, but that's not really where I'm going w this) takes on what she does

how is the show these days? missed the gig last night due to my car getting towed and being overdrawn, so somebody say they are not as good in 2k13, thx

they are not as good in 2k13, thx

(never saw them, just to make you feel better)

I've seen them about ten times over the yrs and last night, while certainly different, was still great and as awe-inspiring in its way as the "classic" line-up. It was insanely loud, almost too loud, approaching Sunn-levels. When I read about "crazy" dance music or electronic music or what have you, it never sounds particularly crazy or intense to but MB was very crazy and intense last night.

Glad I went.

I can confirm that they are brainblastingly good in 2K13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66nVdjVHs48&hd=1

Nice clip! I'm excited to see them for the first time this week.

that was like the 3rd and 4th song of the set, things got crazier from there. kind of impressed with a vocalist and guitarist keeping up that kind of energy level over an entire set with just backing tracks.

My first show is tonight. Got roped into working the door but it still should be amazing. And now free!

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr06/9/11/enhanced-buzz-10821-1389283254-23.jpg

Just bought the new album and it sounds great but I probably missed a tour? Did they come to glasgow last year?

don't think they've played in the uk in the last 3 or 4 years or so

they are playing london in may though.

can't remember if i missed them last time or not - haven't heard the duo stuff, don't know if i fancy seeing them in that format

They're touring over there soon.

london date, 28th may 2014: https://babayaga.ticketabc.com/events/baba-yagas-hut-pr-20/

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.

Forget that, must have been an earlier year than that because they played in the pool.

2014
20/05 Colchester Arts Centre
21/05 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
22/05 Glasgow Mono
23/05 Newcastle Cluny 2
24/05 Manchester Fat Out Festival
25/05 Birmingham Rainbow Warehouse
27/05 Sheffield Queens Social Club
28/05 London Heaven
29/05 Norwich Arts Centre
30/05 Bristol Fleece
31/05 Cambridge Portland Arms
01/06 Southampton Joiners
02/06 Brighton Green Door Store

(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.

"Candy Gun" showed up in my Spotify discover playlist, thank you for introducing me, Spotify.

that may be my least favorite song on fetch but it's still great!

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.

are they still playing as a duo?

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.

it's so hot my banana definitely feels like it's melting today

xp to self in fact this is documented upthread back in 2005

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).

(it's a Numark Orbit - https://www.facebook.com/NumarkOrbit/posts/638933552825050 )

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

oh thank god, our long (inter)national nightmare is over

fetch was _so fucking good_

Oh hell yes. I'm seeing them next month, super pumped

Cell-Scape is still my fav, but I always have time for them

100% agree re:Fetch. album still blows me away

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!

ohmygod they're coming back to Hull so happy

oh fuck they are playing Portland TOMORROW, Hawthorne Theater, no way can I go

This is great news

i on the other hand can totally go, thanks for the heads up sleeve :)

<3

I'm seeing the Denver show in less than a week. Incredibly stoked!

they still got it!

I once saw Melt Banana play in a transvestite bar called the Blue Flamingo in Austin, Texas. The club where they were supposed to play (EMOS) had double booked, so they had to move next door. The club was the size a large kitchen. They set up in the corner of the bar (no stage, just the corner). I got up on a side ledge, with my head pressed up against the ceiling. Let me tell you a little somethin' somethin'......I've seen lots and lots of shows, and that particular show was the most motherfucking incredibly beautiful sonic assault on your senses I've ever experienced. The perfect hybrid of fuck-you punk rock, teeth melting noise, and on-time syncopation. And it was obvious that every person there, who could get in, realized how incredible that event was.

So Melt Banana is great. Really really great. And they're nice people, too.

― Gage-o

big shout-outs and much love to the Blue Flamingo. dungeons and drag bars, people. dungeons and drag bars.

-

i'm just gonna c&p my review of their live show from the "reunion bands" thread because i didn't get around to writing it up until just now

i don't think melt-banana broke up either... they've been touring, they just haven't released a record in 11 years. they're releasing a new one this year. i never saw them live before. they were pretty amazing to watch to be honest. it wasn't all older hipsters like at the deerhoof concert. or at least i don't think so, i look at 40 year olds these days and think they're young. it was pretty great because of how yasuko is using technology. she and agata showed up there and just fucking killed. their last album was their best one yet, but that was over a decade ago... and with them being a duo i wasn't sure how they'd be able to play their songs live. i figured it'd be a lot of playing to backing tracks.

and what they did wound up being way cooler than that. yasuko had her phone out and she was using it to change up the bass and drum patterns on the fly. it's the first time i've ever seen technology used to create something that doesn't sound like singing to a backing track like on _top of the pops_ or some dude sitting behind a laptop. they were full-band songs performed by a duo but had the freedom of interpretation that i'm only used to hearing from rock groups - the songs _didn't_ sound exactly like the albums at all. it was felt like she was using the rhythms to kind of conduct the mosh pit. there was a mosh pit, too! they're a noise-rock duo of people in their like 50s and people were out there moshing. i was out there moshing, even though i regretted it. i'd rather hear melt-banana play "uncontrollable urge" than hear DEVO play "uncontrollable urge". devo are cool and all but i've never seen them and never really wanted to.

turns out yasuko is a guest vocalist on an album by a group called _squid pisser_, on the title track. it sounds great! yasuko sounds amazing!

tbf they've been doing that for ages, their last album was a duo as well, I saw them in 2014 for that and it was the same set up

Been trying to think back and they were doing it in 2010 as well, although I think it was more band structured rather than random squalls.

tbf they've been doing that for ages, their last album was a duo as well, I saw them in 2014 for that and it was the same set up

― Colonel Poo

i'm not necessarily always on the cutting edge, haha, 22 years ago being in the Blue Flamingo would have made me really uncomfortable for reasons i wouldn't have been quite able to articulate

they still had a backing band on the 2010 tour, I saw them then as well

pigeons on my eyes

Theirs remains one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. There was this palpable ENERGY winding through the crowd that felt like you could've easily been swallowed up by the sea of bodies and would've been utterly menacing if the overall vibes hadn't been super-positive. It was like being in a venue-wide mosh pit comprised entirely of your family and loved ones.

“Backing band” is a bit impersonal; Rika was their bassist for about 20 years before she left, or was dismissed, I don’t actually know what happened there. I hope it wasn’t a Janet Weiss-style shitcanning.

I saw them on that 2010 tour as well, and then again a few years later as a duo, and yeah they were better as a full band to me. I wouldn’t go out of my way to see them again. I am looking forward to the new album, though.

Saw 'em last night and can confirm it was awesome. Most energetic & punk live experience I've had in years. Never had the chance to see them as a fully-live unit but I also don't feel like I missed out on something. Maybe I did! But I'm more than satisfied with what I got--it was magic

Was that in Baltimore? Haven’t been to that place and wasn’t able to make it up there

Philly was last night, Baltimore is tonight. Which I was gonna get tix for but it was sold out by the time I got to it. :(

I have to decide between Melt-Banana and Prolapse, they are playing the same night. I was going to see Prolapse but then the new album announcement... Also I can just walk down the sea front instead of getting a train to London, I think Melt-Banana might win this one

correct choice imho

but I just played Psychotic Now by Prolapse and now I don't know anything any more. I might have to flip a coin

Digging the new one 3+5 a lot!

Me too

fantastic gig last night - i haven’t seen them for… over a decade, and it’s a riot, these exploding violent toy boxes of songs, full of paradoxes - intricate assaults, threatening fun etc. sweat was dripping off the ceilings so heavily it was like rain.

qujaku were a really fantastic support as well. doomy and v heavy, occasionally two drummers, a touch of goth and grinding sludge interspersed with mangled explosions of guitar and screaming.

best gig of the year without question.

tho, per CP, Prolapse were a lot of rather chaotic fun the night before.

Digging the new one 3+5 a lot!

I wasn't told about this gig and the my friend was sending me pictures from it. My fault I guess lol

unfortunate! i feel qujaku would be up your street tho i hesitate to say this as psychedelic doomy swans influenced rock is probably something on which you’ve probably got strong opinions. anyway i am also enjoying their 2018 album tho the live experience was x10. i particularly liked the last track they played which had a sort of Peter Gunn flavour to it.

on first listen new album is excellent, welcome back after a decade