A new group with Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals and Boom Bip. Their debut album 'Stainless Style' (out now) is themed around the life of John Delorean and features Spank Rock, Har Mar Superstar, Yo Majesty, Fat Lip and Cate Le Bon.
Here's what critics have been saying about the album:
5/5 London Metro
"CD of the week" The Observer
4/5 Uncut - 4/5 URB - 4/5 Q Magazine
4/5 The Guardian - 4/5 The Mirror
4/5 Observer Music Monthly
"Like playing Grand Theft Auto on Ecstasy"
Vice Magazine
"A brilliant electro-pop concept album"
Dazed & Confused magazine
"One of the most brilliantly demented electro-pop albums you’ll hear this year"...
"The best side-project since Gorillaz"...
"Miss it at your peril" NME 8/10
"Damn near perfect... Early contender for album of the year"
Record Collector
"Utterly Unique...The stuff of dreams"
Clash magazine
"Neon Neon were bound to get compared to Gorillaz... Stainless Style is more consistent as an album... The potential hits, hit equally hard." Pitchfork
Website
www.whoisjohndelorean.com
Band Members
Gruff Rhys & Boom Bip
Influences
The spirit of John Delorean, Italo Disco, Crunk, Hip hop, pop, rock, 80s pop, power, money, Raquel Welsh, Fabrizio Moretti, Giorgio Moroder, Har Mar Superstar, Gordon Gecko, Gino Ginelli,
Other Artists
Spank Rock, Yo Majesty, Duran Duran, Fat Lip, Super Furry Animals, cLOUDDEAD, Goblin, Zombi, The Magic Numbers, Cate Le Bon,