Japan. Home to many wonderful things. Home to a mind-blowing band called Boris.

This year they put out their SEVENTEENTH album, Attention Please. It’s a ten track album that fucking assaults you. It is sheer noise with hints of shoegaze. Personally, it’s the IDEAL album.

I’m going to put money on Attention Please being the album that you forget to acknowledge in the greatest releases of this year. It’s so bloody good. Although all band members sing, the vocals on this album are all sung by Wata. Her vocals are so brutally charged on this record, it’s just stunning from beginning to end.

There is a wonderful influence of Nick Cave and the Melvins (the band are named after a Melvins track) within their music. I love that they don’t sing in English, just because I have no idea what is being said doesn’t make the music mean anything less to me. I still think that Boris are a band that a worth a lot more recognition than they get.

Their sound makes you feel, well, I’m not sure if I can actually put it into words. You know when you hear something and every part of you just goes with it? That’s exactly what one gets when they listen to Boris. Besides, any band called Boris is bound to be brilliant. Like any solid band, Boris changes their sound with every release. Every single album sounds different from the other. The fact that they do this makes it hard for people to lump them with a label- this is exactly why they are amazing. Labels aren’t needed; they are a band- not a food product.

They have elements of psychedelic rock, metal, extremely experimental and touches of shoegaze. This is exactly why Boris should be your favourite band. They have everything in their sound. Oh, and another reason to love them; they released THREE albums this year. Attention Please being my personal favourite. How many artists have done that this year? ZERO.

I adore the feedback in their sound. It just catapults you into a totally different Universe. It’s just utter perfection.

Of all the bands I have come to love, adore, respect and cherish in my time; I think I can safely say that Boris are easily the hardest working band I’ve ever been a fan of. I cannot tell you where to start with this band- start from wherever you want, and enjoy the journey.