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Neon
Neon
V2 Records
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Lead Jamie Gurney sings, ‘Make it good, make it clean,
make it rough.’ This follows through, too. At first,
the self-titled album (V2 Records, 2005) starts off
gentle, with some techno inflections and classic
guitar riffs from Josh Bitmead, but the vocals are
just warming up...
Track listing:
01 A Man
02 Friend
03 Hit Me Again
04 Lapse In Conversation
05 Summer Rain
06 Dizziness
07 Happy Going Nowhere
08 People Inside
09 New Direction
10 All I Want
11 Into Your Eyes
12 Everything
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Hit Me Again
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‘Hit Me Again’ starts it off, just three tracks in. In
denial over a breakup, presumably, with a Vines touch
to the effected, pulling vocals. Hearing it again
after some time from when the EP was released, it just
solidifies that it needs to hit the airwaves even
more.
It seems that Neon have touched up on their sound
since their last release, and refined it quite a bit.
There’s more Vines resemblance in each track, with a
woman’s touch, as not to forget bassist Britt Spooner.
More notably is that nasally pitch that calls out to
Placebo’s Brian Molko, with a little bit of a Billy
Corgan scream, making for a decent combination. The
harmonies are like gentle sirens, blissful and
enticing; one of the reasons this band is a standout.
A little more sedate than predicted, but soulful,
jazzy and enjoyable all the same. Especially with
harmonies like the grouping of them at the end of
‘People Inside’, which shroud you in layers upon
layers of beautiful, unadulterated vocals.
There’s almost a sense of a time bomb with Neon. The
settings for the tracks let on that they could be
going somewhere, and could just explode with rock and
a fringe of grunge at any given time. There’s a hint
of this in Gurney’s voice too, and each track is
anticipated for this to happen, although ‘Hit Me
Again’ is as close as it gets. Wait it out.
-Arie Musil 05/16/05
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