British band Hadouken! are a curious construction. If you left them out in a storm to be struck by lightning and broken into their constituent parts, in among the blood and guts would flow a river of toxic neon goo, melting cyberpunk sartorials and a sprinkling of electrochip innards.
In the sprawling technopolis of Japan, Hadouken!'s mangalike sonic marauderings have captured the imaginations of a hyperactive youth.
"People seem to like us here more than anywhere else in the world," says frontman James Smith. "The crowds are always so excitable — not like if you go to somewhere like Paris, where everyone just stands there trying to be cool."
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