LP – Limited Edition First Pressing on Metallic Silver Vinyl. Iconic Japanese noise-rock band return with first new album in seven years.

Presenting 3+5, the long-awaited eighth album from Tokyo-based noise-rockers Melt-Banana on their own A-Zap label!

The album showcases the duos visionary musical approach and extraordinary abilities as performers: Yasuko Onukis giddy, hyperactive vocalizing and Ichiro Agatas glitchy, cyberpunk guitar, delivered at dizzying speed, bathed in aggressive electronic sounds. Their aesthetic approach is exultantly experimental, fusing diverse genres imbued with chaotic energy. As on their previous works, the music on 3+5 is unpredictable, always filled with surprises and excitement.

3+5 synthesizes elements of a variety of extreme music, hyper-pop, classic punk, vintage metal, and noise. It partakes of Japanese culture overall, especially the subcultures of gaming, anime and underground music.

Melt-Banana seek to offer possibilities to musicians who wont start a band if they cant find a drummer, young women afraid to express themselves in their own unfiltered and unique voices, bedroom musicians and egg punks seeking to blend electronic noise with live instrumentation. 3+5 provides a fresh experience and perhaps inspiration for all.

While Melt-Banana hasnt explicitly explained the meaning behind the albums title, 3+5, prime numbers symbolize mathematical integrity and independence, which could represent the bands uniqueness and freedom. Why 3+5 and not 1 + 7? One is left to ponder.

A band who have justifiably been championed across the world, Tokyos Melt-Banana have been responsible for some of the most complex punk rock ever made…

Olli Siebelt, BBC

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Tracklist:

1. Code
2. Puzzle
3. Case D
4. Stopgap
5. Scar
6. Flipside
7. Hex
8. Whisperer
9. Seeds