The Bankalive concert recording is Deep Cut's debut performance distilled into a tight setlist, and it goes off. "Clickbait" rips open with that skittery beat and Shiver's vocal lines cutting through the mix like they're trying to start a fight.
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The MC segments between tracks add this weird immersion where you're watching holographic sea creatures hype a crowd and somehow it works. "Anarchy Rainbow" builds into this anthemic wall of sound that the Splatoon series keeps perfecting with each entry.
And then they close with "Calamari Inkantation 3MIX," which. Yeah. That song just does something to Splatoon fans on a chemical level. If you want to understand why people get emotional about squid pop stars, six tracks is all it takes.