Visual kei / misshitsu kei band マツタケワークス crash through the neighbor’s wall of sanity with 突撃隣のバンドマン, romanized as Totsugeki Tonari no Bandman, meaning Charge! The Bandman Next Door or Assault on the Bandman Next Door. Pulled from 病みのアルバム「表」 — Yami no Arubamu “Omote”, meaning Sick/Dark Album “Front” — the song feels like late-night variety television getting hijacked by pale-faced band goblins with synth buttons, anxiety jokes, and suspiciously catchy hooks. 突撃隣のバンドマン is pure Matsutake Works mischief: weird, theatrical, self-aware, and delightfully unstable, like a misshitsu kei sitcom where every punchline arrives wearing shironuri makeup and carrying a suspiciously loud guitar.
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