Well, it probably won’t come as much of a surprise to most of you to see this particular release end up here. Melon Batake a go go’s debut album “Ikasuze Idol 1.2.3!!” released early in 2019 and it was always going to be tough for anyone to come along and knock it off of my top spot. It has pretty much everything I’m looking for in an album; fun guitar riffs, great melodies, catchy vocals hooks and a ton of personality. It has been pretty awesome to watch Melon Batake grow as a group over the past 12 months, performing to more and more people and even outside of Japan too! They’ve come a long way in a very short space of time, which has its own dangers associated with it but they seem to have some good heads on their shoulders and a strong team behind them. I’m very much looking forward to seeing where they’re at by this time next year because 2020 already seems to be off to a pretty strong start for them from what I’ve seen so far. Full Review
