Imagine the continent of North America as one giant green bell pepper and that the Japanese freakout brigade Melt-Banana are a knife sharpened by otherworldly whetstones. The band will very soon slice, dice, drive from town to town, set up their amps and drums and merch tables, and fry, fry, fry in the hot oil of a pretty cool food analogy for a North American tour stretching all the way through the summer. It’s a lot of dates, so strap in.
To make things a little more interesting, Melt-Banana are also planning to toss a new collection of non-album singles into the mix like so many fistfuls of minced garlic and powdered cumin. Now we’re cooking! The collection is called Return of 13 Hedgehogs, and it pulls together 13 tracks released between 2000 and 2009. It also collects an assortment of tracks from splits and cover songs (including Devo’s “Uncontrollable Urge” and Toots and the Maytals’ “Monkey Man”) for a total of 29 bursts of kitchen-analogy fodder.
Return of 13 Hedgehogs is out May 12. Pre-order it from Midheaven.
Return of 13 Hedgehogs tracklist:
01. Who did it? Who dig it?
02. Dog in Lost
03. 2 Knees
04. Puddle, float
05. Quite Free
06. And I…
07. Tintarella Di Luna
08. Grave In The Hole (Pitfall Fits A Bit)
09. Capital 1060 Hospital
10. Too Rough To Scoop (Find A Grain of Greed)
11. Creeps In A White Cake
12. Monkey Man
13. Operation: 3rd Attack
14. Get the Head Back
15. About
16. Neck On B1
17. Get the T (Escaping with the ID card!)
18. Steel me lust
19. 52 hands, 36 possibilities
20. Sweeper
21. Target Inside
22. Cat In Red
23. ヘビノウタ / snake song
24. アイノウタ / love song
25. Uncontrollable Urge
26. Pain In Ash
27. Loop Nebula
28. Leeching
29. Jack And A Red Dog
Dates:
05.06.15 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent *
05.08.15 - Albuquerque, NM - The Launchpad
05.09.15 - Norman, OK - Opolis
05.11.15 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
05.12.15 - Milwaukee, WI - The Cactus Club
05.13.15 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
05.14.15 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room at the Crofoot
05.15.15 - Columbus, OH - Skully’s
05.16.15 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk
05.17.15 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace
05.19.15 - Providence, RI - AS220
05.21.15 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
05.22.15 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
05.23.15 - Brooklyn, NY - St. Vitus
05.24.15 - Baltimore, MD - Maryland Deathfest
05.25.15 - Carborro, NC - Cat’s Cradle Backroom
05.27.15 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
05.28.15 - Orlando, FL - The Backbooth
05.29.15 - Miami, FL - Churchill’s Pub
05.30.15 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
06.01.15 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
06.02.15 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn
06.04.15 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
06.05.15 - Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds
06.06.15 - Dallas, TX - Three Links
06.07.15 - Austin, TX - Red 7
06.10.15 - Tuscon, AZ - Club Congress
06.11.15 - Fullerton, CA - The Slide Bar
06.12.15 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Atrium
06.13.15 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows
07.02.15 - Portland, OR - Dante’s #
07.03.15 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey #
07.04.15 - Vancouver, BC - The Venue #
07.06.15 - Edmonton, AB - The Pawn Shop #
07.07.15 - Calgary, AB - The Gateway at SAIT #
07.08.15 - Saskatoon, SK - Amigos #
07.10.15 - Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret #
07.11.15 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium #
07.13.15 - Indianapolis, IN - The Hi-Fi #
07.14.0215 - Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle #
07.15.15 - Madison, WI - High Noon #
07.16.15 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’s #
07.17.15 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room #
07.18.15 - Eaux Calires, WI - Eaux Calires Music Festival
07.20.15 - Nashville, TN - The Exit/IN #
07.21.15 - Columbia, MO - The Rose Music Hall #
07.22.15 - Kansas City, MO - Record Bar #
07.24.15 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge #
07.25.15 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge #
07.26.15 - Las Vegas, NV - Bunk House #
07.28.15 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah #
07.29.15 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah #
07.31.15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy #
08.01.15 - Oakland, CA - Metro #
* Lightning Bolt
# Torche
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