A few months ago at ourdisco I met a Japanese 'Neo Punk' band called ULTRA BRAiN. They were immediately noticeable due to their very funky matching outfits, which you will be able to see in the YouTube video below for their song 'GhostBusterz'. Anyway, it turned out that they were recording their debut LP at Strongroom studios in East London, hence their appearance at Our Disco (which is, of course, the night out of choice for the discerning future-forward hipster living 10 seconds in the future. Like me, and ULTRA BRAiN. Anyway, for some reason I thought of them again this morning and did a quick googling and found that they now have a myspace page where you can listen to the fabulous 'Ninja Night School' and maybe even be their friend, if you are into that whole myspace friendy thing. (If you are, I'm here. Be my friend. Go on. I joined for research purposes, of course. Anyways, watch the video then I'll carry on...don't worry, I'll wait for you...
Wasn't that fun? Refreshing. Like a latter day super-psychedelic punk noise Japanese Monkees, only even better. Well, it seems their debut album 'Neo Punk' is out on 22 March. I would implore you to get hold of a copy by any means necessary. Or just by buying it online. I'll be taking advantage of my Man in Kyoto (hi Mikey!).
Proving that they are not only "the Best Band in the World" but also canny commercial operators, they also have a range of fabulous merchandise available at www.ultrabrain.tv, including t-shirts, hoodies, collegiate jackets and caps, but sadly, as yet, no crash helmets.
Not only are they the BEST BAND IN THE WORLD, they were also lovely chaps to a man - I was in Friendly Stranger mode (i.e. over the herbacious border) and had quite a few little chats with them. My favourite moment is when I asked if they were noisy and they replied as one, with big beaming grins "VERY noisy, yes!"
ULTRA BRAiN - the BEST BAND IN THE WORLD.
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