A couple of brand new tracks that have really got me marching around with a spring in my step on these cold December nights are Neon Neon's 'Raquel' and Duffy's 'Rockferry'.
A dance side-project from Boom-Bip and Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys, Neon Neon have come up with a retro disco classic in 'Raquel', with it's 80s synths very much inkeeping with it's subject matter - actress Raquel Welch and her one-time lover John DeLorean. Can it get anymore 80s than that? Check it out here, or upstairs at the Farmers Home, Strabane on a Friday night, as I intend to play it to death..lol!
Neon Neon release debut album 'Lex' early in 2008. Sounds very tastey, as does this lady:
Duffy is a new name that has been lazily thrown into the same basket as Amy Winehouse - a soulful female who tips her hat to a retro pop sound. With personal problems and tabloid headlines now clouding Winehouse's undoubted talent, the manner inwhich Duffy's debut single has been promoted has been very patronising. It's been a case of 'well, Amy's away with the fairies, lets make do with Duffy who has none of that baggage.' Well no thank you! Duffy doesn't need it.
The initial signs are good for Duffy. The debut single 'Rockferry' echoes the ghost of Dusty Springfield, and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler's production is quite Spector-esque. With someone as accomplished as Butler on her side, it's looking quite possible that Duffy will be much more than just a flash in the pan, and will need to be taken a lot more seriously in her own right than certain quarters are doing at present.
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