Stainless Style - Neon Neon

I have been wanting to write this album review for a while now, but I felt it would be best to wait until after I had attended a Neon Neon gig to get the full experience and see if the tracks stood up to a live performance. Well, I have to say I am glad I waited because I feel I can properly rate the album, plus I have a better understanding of the meaning behind each song. --Side Project:-- Neon Neon is the brainchild of Super Furry Animals lead singer Gruff Rhys and LA producer Boom Bip. The band started as a side project and was originally going to be anonymous, but Gruff Rhys felt his voice was too distinctive and fans would quickly realize who ...  Read the complete review

Neon Neon is a collaboration between Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals fame and producer Bip Boom. You expect most things either of the pair to touch to be quite experimental, and this sure is. It's a full blown concept album about the life and death of car manufacturer John DeLorean (who's cars are most famous for their appearance in the Back to the Future time-travelling films). The words "concept album" are usually enough to put most people off, but this is a truly incredible album, and a contender for this years mercury award. The ingenious thing about the record is the way it takes the worst parts of 80's music, mixes them together ...  Read the complete review