Neon Neon: Stainless Style

Gruff Rhys, of Welsh psych-pop juggernauts Super Furry Animals, is proving to be even weirder and more versatile than most thought. His collaboration with Boom Bip, as Neon Neon, was anticipated to be a straightforward intersection of their respective styles. The result, however, is much deeper than that. Stainless Style is a concept album about John DeLorean that captures more than his rise and fall. It also convincingly adopts numerous musical styles from the late 70s and early 80s to portray the culture of money and blow that ruled American business at the time. While Stainless Style is fairly consistently great throughout, Neon Neon's best moments are when Boom Bip figures most prominently, such as on greedy, lustful hip-hop tracks like "Trick For Treat".