Product Description

Only in the eccentric minds of Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and electro stalwart Boom Bip (otherwise known as BryanHollon) could a concept album about the life and times of John DeLorean become a fully-fledged musical reality. Featuring collaborations with Spank Rock, Yo Majesty and, bizarrely, The Magic Numbers, 'Stainless Style' is a hook-laden science-fiction odyssey, referencing Star Wars and myriad 80s influences, while retaining the pop sensibility of Gruff Rhys' projects and the innovation of Boom Bip's. Includes the single 'I Lust You', featuring Cate Le Bon.

Track Listing

1. Neon Theme
2. Dream Cars
3. I Told Her On Alderaan
4. Raquel
5. Trick For Treat
6. Steel Your Girl
7. I Lust U
8. Sweat Shop
9. Belfast
10. Michael Douglas
11. Luxury Pool
12. Stainless Style

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #348 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Customer Reviews

Wonderful
I managed to listen to "I lust you" this afternoon and was absolutely blown away by it. As such, I had to purchase the album immediately and I have to say it is immense. For two such diverse musicians to create something so achingly 80's is simply amazing. I love the whole package. I was very amused to discover that this is a concept album about Delorean and runs the whole decadence of the period through this album, be it the keyboards, the vocalisation, the soundscape backing music.
Someone refers to New Order in one of their reviews. New Order are my favourite band and to compare this to any New Order album does both acts a diservice.
A truly great album, one that is well under the radar and I urge anyone who loves synth pop to listen and buy!

Steely-Eyed Chrome
Sleek, synth-sounding, steely chrome never sounded or looked this good in the 80's - back in an age when the best intentions of musicians either suffered from a 70's hangover or overblown hedonistic gestures, the best synth offerings on hand 20 years ago are re-created and if anything enhanced by the passing of time.

All gestures here are made with appropriate levels of 21st-century humour and irony intact. The synth of `Dream Cars', `I Told Her on Alderaan' and `Michael Douglas' are pure retro and unexpectedly the occasional inclusion of indie-pop (that you'd expect from Gruff Rhys) on `Steel Your Girl' and the slick production of Boom Bip on laugh-out-loud hip-hop tracks `Sweat Shop' and `Luxury Pool' suprisingly succeeds - but hey, unearthing unexpected classics is what enhancing your music collection is all about...

If you've followed SFA as long as I have and listened to some of their well-intended ideas not quite materialise over the last few years, then you'll revel in unearthing this fully-realised gem.

Patrick Bateman would undoubtedly approve, notch the volume up and cruise down the highway in an open top listening to this with a sarcastic smirk... ...what finer 80's tribute can there be? I recommend you don your old leather jacket, Ray Bans and Nike Airs, update your cassette player for something a little more contemporary and make the appropriate purchase.....

A very varied but excellent record
The combination of Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys may seem like a strange pairing considering the difference in the pairs separate back catalogues, but this is what makes Neon Neon work so well; two styles fused into one new one. The only weak moments in this record are when the fusion doesn't quite come accross; opening instrumental "Neon Theme" leaves us wondering where Gruff Rhys is, while the very indie lite ballad "Steel Your Girl" is so reminiscant of something Super Furry that we wonder where Boom Bip has got to. Neither tracks are bad, they just don't fit.

When the fusion works, we are presented with some very classy, funny, intelligent music - with a wealth of highlights. A string of guests adds to the variety. The only big dissapointment is the ending track "Stainless Style" which may feature the Magic Numbers - but for all it's meandering quasi gorillazy gospelness it needed have bothered. A far better end to the album would have been the mournful electro balladry of "Belfast". Still, a great album on the whole.