Neon are undoubtedly one of the most influential and enduring bands of the Italian New Wave. From the beginning, the band's music was perfectly aligned with continental trends--integrating the attitude of early post-punk with certain types of electronic music that had timidly begun popping up on the club circuit, and an aesthetic that was a cross between late romanticism and decadentism. After a string of 12"s (five altogether) and a 7", the band finally released their first LP, "Rituals" in 1985 for KinderGarten. This crucial album, which unquestionably represented the band's Creative Peak, has now been re-released by Spittle not merely for the sake of the album itself, but also as part of a wider campaign to document the Italian New Wave scene. The 8 tracks that make up this digitally remastered reissue (with 3 extra 12" versions) represent one of the most original possible journeys into the Italian underground. Obsessively rhythmic, like a pagan ritual, with the vagueness and asperity of primordial rock and roll and an inkling of late seventies / early eighties electronica!
| InfraRot sales rank: | - |
| InfraRot item number: | 2004.302 |
| Label: | Spittle |
| Label's catalogue number: | spittle15 |
| EAN/UPC: | 8033706210154 |
| 1. | Runnin' |
| 2. | Last Chance |
| 3. | Isolation |
| 4. | The Same Ritual |
| 5. | Dark Age |
| 6. | Harry |
| 7. | Burning Of The Midnight Lamp |
| 8. | My Blues Is You |
| 9. | Last Chance (12" Version) |
| 10. | Dark Age (12" Version) |
| 11. | My Blues Is You (12" Version) |
