The new single and the follow-up to lat year’s very catchy ‘Scary’ (this dented the UK top 40 singles chart). This Japanese band are quite literally ‘Big In Japan’ being a massive act in their homeland.

It’s more of the same with waves of catchy synths and loops overlaid with distorted vocals. ‘Cistm Konflqt’ features a death metal vocal meets a punk pop chorus - sadly it doesn’t quite work.

Not as immediate as ‘Scary’ but bound to please their legion of growing fans.

***½

Review by Jason Ritchie

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***** Out of this world | **** Pretty damn fine |
*** OK, approach with caution unless you are a fan |
** Instant bargain bin fodder | * Ugly. Just ugly