Neon Burton Release New Album Mighty Mondeo
I’ll readily admit that it was the charm of the cover art for Neon Burton‘s Mighty Mondeo that got me on board, but the Cologne, Germany, three-piece’s flowing heavy psychedelia and fuzz provided ready backup for that initial impulse. Their second full-length behind 2018’s Neontology, the album came out yesterday through their Bandcamp. I’ve no word on intentions toward a physical pressing, but at six songs and 42 minutes, it’s certainly viable for any format on which they might want to place it, and the depth of tone in “Sundazed” and the psych-funky title-track argue well enough for full LP-style indulging, needle on platter and all that. “Neon Sleep” has shades of Sungrazer and My Sleeping Karma if you need further convincing.
Incidentally, Ford has said it’s discontinuing the Mondeo — the car for which the album is named; it’s the Contour in North America — next year, so hopefully that vehicle the band refers to as their “guardian angel in aquamarine” continues to last them well. In any case, they give it suitable homage here.
Info and album stream follow:
Neon Burton – Mighty Mondeo (2021)
On their second album, NEON BURTON explore the edges of nature in the Mighty Mondeo, their guardian angel in aquamarine. Through the untouched tundra they pass the eternal night with howling wolves in Siberia and let the mountains and seas show them how to be. Furthermore, they dive down deep into the unknown in a bathysphere and shape the sound of a hostile nature at the edge of drowning. After a journey through human consciousness where one tastes the moon, swims through the northern lights and is pulled down by zero gravity, they make it back to the cliffs of Greece and finally lay back in the sun, just counting clouds.
Label: Sofa Records Cologne
Cover: Canvas painting by Thumpah Lee
Tracklist:
1. Dew Drops
2. Sundazed
3. Neon Sleep (feat. Thumpah Lee)
4. Trans Siberian Express
5. Mighty Mondeo
6. Bathysphere
Recorded by Neon Burton and Chris Brenk at Sofa Records Studios, Cologne, Germany.
Mixed by NEON BURTON. Mastered by Fabian Plaetlin.
Neon Burton:
Henning (Vocals/Guitar)
Simon (Bass)
Emil (Drums)
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