A night of aural madness courtesy of our Oriental cousins, mental Brighton-based glitchcore fiend DJ Scotch Egg opens the night’s proceedings with a typically hyperactive mix of looped Gameboy samples, speedcore beats and incomprehensible screaming which veered wildly from off-kilter brilliance to ear-bleeding awfulness. Thankfully the headliners were a more consistent proposition- Melt-Banana have honed their frantic J-Pop-meets-hardcore punk stylings to an absolute tee. As fun as their random ten second bursts of frenzied guitar mauling were, they actually worked best when focusing around recognisable song structures- their excellent cover of “Monkey Man” out-Polysiced the Polysics. It wasn’t perfect- for a band famed for their live performances, they often looked like they were going through the motions- but for uncomplicated, pogo-tastic fun they’re hard to fault.(Photo: Bibi Zajtai (Flickr)
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