Cell-Scape

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Cell-Scape
The creature on the cover is a Clione.
Studio album by Melt-Banana
Released	July 1, 2003
Recorded	February 2, 2003 - March 3, 2003
Genre	Japanoise Noise rock Electronic
Length	37:09
Label	A-Zap
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (7.5/10) 18/6/2003
Melt-Banana chronology
Teeny Shiny (2000) Cell-Scape (2003) 13 Hedgehogs (2005)

Cell-Scape is the fifth album by Melt-Banana. It is mostly notable for featuring electronic elements and is regarded by some as their best album.

Cell-Scape also features some of the longest songs written by Melt-Banana with "Shield for Your Eyes" just barely goes on for 4 minutes which only a few more Melt-Banana songs have. This album is also even more accessible than the previous Teeny Shiny album. The ninth song has Yasuko singing with her "real" voice in the chorus. The last track on the album is an odd one in Melt-Banana's long list of songs, a 10 minute long ambient entirely electronic soundscape.

The song "Chain-Shot to Have Some Fun" was featured in an animated short movie called "Emily and the Baba Yaga".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Phantasmagoria" – 1:29
2. "Shield for Your Eyes, A Beast in the Well on Your Hand" – 4:02
3. "A Dreamer Who Is Too Weak to Face Up To" – 3:02
4. "Lost Parts Stinging Me So Cold" – 3:10
5. "Chain-Shot to Have Some Fun" – 3:13
6. "Like a White Bat in a Box, Dead Matters Go On" – 3:33
7. "Key Is a Fact That a Cat Brings" – 2:23
8. "A Hunter in the Rain to Cut the Neck Up in the Present Stage" – 2:33
9. "If It Is the Deep Sea, I Can See You There" – 3:29
10. "Outro for Cell-Scape" – 10:11

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