Melt-Banana

Six more split records and a Peel session later, they released 2003's Cell-Scape, which focused more on slowly building the wailing screeches into a rocketing ferocity. The 2005 release 13 Hedgehogs compiled 56 tracks from six years' worth of the band's numerous 7" EPs and split releases. After their longest recording break, Melt Banana returned in 2007 with Bambi's Dilemma, which reverted back to even shorter, faster blasts of musical adrenaline. Two years later, the band returned with the guitarless side project album Lite Live: Ver.0.0. In 2011, the band's recording sessions were stalled after the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant made progress difficult. When Melt Banana did finally return with 2013's Fetch, O. and Agata had stripped the band back to a duo format. Return of 13 Hedgehogs, the group's second singles retrospective (covering the years 2000 to 2009), appeared in 2015. ~ Ben Tausig & Jason Lymangrover, Rovi

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