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Polysics are back! Again! It seems there's no keeping the Tokyo rackmount-rockers away, as they batter our island with tour after tour of high-energy Devo worship.

This one's just a quickie - three dates - but it's their second so far this year, with a few visits in 2005. In April they supported The Kaiser Chiefs on their UK stadium tour, plus did a few headline shows in support of their amazing new album 'Now Is The Time!' It's a monstrously maverick record, a blast of no-nonsense no-wave bluster that might actually make you sick, bolstered by frills cut with the purest pop paraphernalia.

Our man in Japan, Daniel Robson, caught up with frontman Hiro Hayashi as his band set out on this, their latest attempt to convert the British masses. Now is, after all, the time...

You guys are in the UK a lot these days. Do you love it?
"Yeah! There's nice weather, it's less humid than Japan, and the girls are cute. So we love it very much."

And does the UK love Polysics?
"I believe so. The British seem to be enjoying Polysics as 'new punk' without prejudice."

Now that you've been to Britain a bunch of times, have you started to recognise faces in the crowd? Or do you still attract new people each time?
"I do remember the faces of the people coming to the show every time. We always do our best for those people. And recently we've been gaining new fans. At the places where we do a great show, lots of people come back. But the places where we have difficulties in our performance, we don't win people over so well. Either way, we'll always do our best."

How will this tour be different from last time?
"We have new outfits now! And we'll be performing new tracks unavailable in the UK. It'll be good opportunity to show everyone the new Polysics."a

How do UK shows differ from those in Japan?
"Up until the last tour, British fans seemed a bit cool and cynical, not showing their feelings so much. But on the last tour, the audience's adrenaline peaked - we saw more moshing and stagediving, people going nuts. For a moment, we thought we were in the States. So we don't notice such a difference anymore. Maybe the UK crowds have become more energetic than in Japan."