Teeny Shiny is the fourth album by Melt-Banana

Melt-Banana

Melt-Banana is a Japanese punk band that is known for playing extremely fast noise music mixed with experimental electronica and pop-based song structures. They have worked with artists as diverse as Merzbow, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Discordance Axis...

. Teeny Shiny further developed the more "pop" sound of their previous effort Charlie.

It also features reworkings of two older songs "First Contact to Planet Q" was previously recorded as "Sham Bazar" and "Warp, Back Spin" was previously recorded as "Crackhead Up Or Down". Both of these songs have the same lyrics but are musically different. They appeared on a Japanese compilation CD called "Lo-Fi ~Electric Acoustic & Radical~" released in 1995.

At the beginning of "Free the Bee" there is a sped-up sample from the 1984 film Repo Man. The song "Moon Flavor" is 3 minutes and 16 seconds, followed by five minutes of silence and a hidden track called "Key to Chase" which is 1 minute and 20 seconds. This song appeared in a 19 second edit on a compilation CD called "Tribute to Fort Thunder".

Track listing

1. "Free the Bee" – 3:30
2. "Flash Cube, Or Eyeball" – 2:54
3. "Lost In Mirror" – 2:34
4. "First Contact to Planet Q" – 0:51
5. "Warp, Back Spin" – 1:46
6. "Third Attack" – 1:29
7. "Cub, Not Cube" – 2:50
8. "Flip and Hit" – 1:07
9. "Bright Splat (Red Point, Black Dot)" – 2:30
10. "Skit Closed, Windy..." – 1:02
11. "Moon Flavor" – 9:46