Neon Neon, the synth duo comprising of Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip, surprised everyone with their debut album Stainless Style – managing to actually succeed in making an entertaining concept album about inventor John DoLorean. Now they’re at it again, choosing relatively unknown Italian left-wing activist and publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli as […]
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Listen: Neon Neon reveal new track ‘Mid Century Modern Nightmare’
Neon Neon, the collaborative effort between Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip, announced earlier this year that they have a new album ready to follow in the footsteps of 2008’s Mercury nominated Stainless Style. Like their debut, which was based on the life of car inventor John DeLorean, the new album […]
Mercury Music Prize 2013 – 12 albums that should be on the shortlist
Whatever your thoughts on the annual music industry love-in that is the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year, you can’t deny it creates a bit of a talking point in the music world. The shortlist for this years Mercury Prize is announced tomorrow evening (5.30pm, 10 September), so prepare for a few weeks of […]
Neon Neon announce second album ‘Praxis Makes Perfect’
Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys’ electro-pop side project Neon Neon have announced their second album will be called Praxis Makes Perfect and will be released on 29 April. Like their 2008 debut Stainless Steel, which was about the life of car designer John DeLorean, Praxis Makes Perfect is a concept album based on the life […]