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MELU247 Reimagines The Prodigy’s “Breathe” As A Gritty Noise Rock Anthem

The Prodigy’s “Breathe” gets a Finnish noise-rock overhaul from MELU247

MELU247 has been active since 2025, although the members have a long history in music. Their sound comes from a raw early-90s spirit, pulling from post-rock, noise and alternative rock while keeping a DIY approach.

Band/Artist: MELU247
Single Title: Breathe (The Prodigy cover)
Release Date: June 30th, 2026
Label: Self-Released
Format: Digital
Genre: Noise Rock, Alternative Rock, Grunge, Garage Rock
Country: Finland

The idea behind “Breathe” was to take a song already loaded with attitude and push it into a rougher, noisier and more garage-driven shape, treating the cover as a tribute with their own dirt, tension and character.

The single was released as a music video, with the audio also available through Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

Releases

Their debut release is the“[eka] EP” (“eka” roughly means “first” in Finnish slang), released on May 1, 2026. The EP contains five tracks:

  1. Hälytys!
  2. Reaktio
  3. Tuhoajat
  4. Viimeinen ihminen
  5. Melua

The songs feature Finnish lyrics and themes involving anxiety, fear, conformity, destruction, and information overload.

They plan to follow it with a second EP in September.

For fans of:

Viagra Boys, The Fall, Iggy Pop, Mudhoney, Butthole Surfers, Gang Of Four, The Birthday Party, Sielun Veljet

Social Media:
YouTube | Soundcloud | Bandcamp | Linktree

Eugene Tierney

View Comments

  • That sounds like a really interesting approach to a classic song. I can hear how they’ve added that raw energy.

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