Super-Frog Saves Tokyo - Straw Man

Get it here: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo isn’t your umpteenth Marvel offshoot, nor is it the title to some obscure B-rated gem from the odd Japanese sci-fi heyday. Super-Frog Saves Tokyo is the alias of Bristol-based producer David Harrison, a musician who has taken part in many touring acts over the years but was yet to deliver a record of his own. That is mission accomplished with David’s debut solo album, Straw Man - a pulsating ten-track odyssey grinding a busy palette of epic-sized buildups and kinetic visions, equally primed for peak-time ball game and off-piste elevation. Laser blasters blazing and city blocks exploding in slo-mo, S-FST goes ballistic with the hi-velocity rides and thunderous machine talk. The nervy Pressure Point gets the ball rolling in a hybrid style of static-filled offness and intricate programming. Combining the delicate melodic signature of Easternmost folk with a bubbling and bursting sound design, Kyoto lets the hounds of acid loose like a tempest