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JigglyPDiddy
July 16th 2019


3721 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Melt-Banana has been posting on their YouTube channel as of late. Maybe they're teasing a follow up to Fetch.

Demon of the Fall
July 16th 2019


33800 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

These guys are relentless, let me catch up first.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 16th 2019


60428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

They said at the end of last year that they wanted to drop an album in 2019. Hopefully it comes out before their UK tour...

JigglyPDiddy
July 16th 2019


3721 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That would be def AOTY material. Fetch is one of my all-time faves.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 16th 2019


60428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Fetch is barely in my top 3 MxBx but if they dropped something on that level it'd have a strong shot at AOTY

Demon of the Fall
July 16th 2019


33800 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

So which ones are your favourites? Cell Scape > Fetch > this (early days) > Squeak > Cactus... that’s all I’ve heard so far.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 16th 2019


60428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

1. Cell Scape - keeps up a ridiculous level of quality and would probably be a soft 5 if it weren't for that 10 minute outro

2. Charlie - has the best production on any of their releases aside from maybe Fetch, opener goes absurdly hard and the album in general is the most brutal thing they've done

3. Fetch - very consistent, incredibly well-crafted and some of their best tracks but feels a little too clean to hold its own with their best

4. Bambi - total mess of an album but fun as hell with a few colossal bangers

5. Teeny Shiny - probably the most rhythmically interesting thing they've done and their best bass album, but muddy production and a little short of highlight tracks

6. Squeak - lol, fun blast but not much to distinguish individual songs

7. Cactus - fell asleep last time I tried to hear this in full, should give it another shot



Need to round things off with Scratch sometime

Demon of the Fall
July 16th 2019


33800 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Charlie sounds good, checking that one next. I didn’t like Cactus, but otherwise they’re a fun band. I plan on rounding out the discog. Thanks.

Kompys2000
Emeritus
July 16th 2019


9457 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Thanks for the tips Johnny, this is one of those bands I feel like I need a field guide for despite their discog not being all that massive

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
July 17th 2019


32034 Comments


I recently joined a band on drums that basically worships melt banana. Check it out, people:

https://osummervacation.bandcamp.com/album/wicked-heart-2

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 17th 2019


60428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Now that you're properly in the band should I feel bad for finding the album Jpopsuki?

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
July 17th 2019


32034 Comments


Not at all!

I haven't seen any coin yet lol

Kompys2000
Emeritus
August 23rd 2019


9457 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This is so much fun, I just wish it stuck with me a little more

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
September 8th 2019


60428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

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calmrose
April 22nd 2020


6821 Comments


this is a blast

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
April 22nd 2020


60428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Hell yea lol love how broken the sequencing on this is

parksungjoon
April 22nd 2020


47234 Comments


ahh

Demon of the Fall
May 7th 2020


33800 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Bump, yeah this is better than I remember. Gets weird at times, wouldn’t expect any less from these guys. I don’t mind admitting that I prefer their more fleshed out compositions. Speaking relatively of course.

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
May 7th 2020


60428 Comments

Album Rating: 4.3

Hahaha yeah, that figures - love how the the 'fleshed out' label feels as though it applies more to the 2min punk bangers at the start and not the 5min ambient cuts that would probably work as standalones. album is fked

Demon of the Fall
May 7th 2020


33800 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I consider a 2:00 punk track fleshed out in this context, ha. And yeah I get what you mean, a couple of their experimental (for MB) ambient pieces sound flimsy and slightly undercooked. Still, it makes their albums appear like they’re an ‘appropriate’ length for the uninitiated.



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