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dream/on fire
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uk music search -
5/5
"Another amongst the swelling wave of bands who know its more than ok to add a bit of electro dance cool into your righteous punk rock raging, Doncaster four piece Neon Plastix follow up their impressive debut single PRICK TEASE with another incendiary blast of noise in the shape of DREAM/ON FIRE.
Blending the sounds of The Bravery to Franz Ferdinand, New Order and Duran Duran; Neon Plastix erupt in a blaze of inspired pop hooks, wired p-funk jerkiness and tasty attitude. DREAM is one of those ready made dance floor fillers that practically grabs you by the throat the moment it starts, vocalist Pat Gost barking and yelping his way against a backdrop of frantic beats, cheap keyboard riffs and throbbing bass rumbles. The equally dance crazed ON FIRE sees the band unleashing another slice of electro pop wonder.
Pulling no punches, taking no prisoners and getting straight to the heart of the matter, DREAM/ON FIRE is a vibrant collision between wired electro punk and pure pop majesty; an essential and vital ride."
09/11/06
subba-culture.comSINGLE OF THE MONTH NO. 2:
It’s been a while boys, don’t make me wait so long next time eh! More wired, new wave noise
from our favourite Doncaster band - like accidentally falling on a big ol pylon just left out in the
road on the way home from the pub - an enjoyable thing, and I should know!." 11/06
losingtoday.com
"Mainlining its way under your skin faster than if someone had jabbed a needle full of chemicals in your arm, 'Dream' the second outing for Doncaster quartet Neon Plastix (via the esteemed Blow Up imprint no less) features three sharp suited, melodically honed to perfection radio trouncing pop gems of the highest order. Recently to be found sharing stages with the likes of Robots in Disguise and rthe Klaxons, 'Dream' is the ensembles hotly anticipated follow up to their long since sold out debut 'Prick Tease' (which to much grumbles we sadly missed). These babies swerve, strut and seduce in equal measure all the time radiating their intoxicating up tempo positivity like some infection bearing air borne virus. Coolly coalescing in a sumptuous array of 50's bubblegum pop accents underpinned by a no nonsense driving circular beat 'Dream' tugs, tears and teases to strip you of your defences. Creating a humungous impenetrable fever pitched sound ‘Dream' with the subtle references to early pre Brit Pop Pulp c. ‘Babies' / ‘OU' clutched to its heart is unreal in the way it cannibalises the whole notion of the pop dynamic as though in a desperate bid to achieve perfection they've forced every conceivable golden rule into the finite space that the classically trod sub three minute allotted time slot can afford. And were most would fail - here it works blessed as it is with a hook heavy chorus that you'd happily die for. 'On Fire' is so hotly charged it just might be worth considering wearing rubber souls to avoid any undue after shocks that might result, a buzz sawing carnival of short fused potently formulated incendiary riffs that jab and spar atop swathes of festooning 80's synth signatures and capped with quite possibly the most insidiously infectious chorus hook you'll hear in a fair while to which one suspects the only known removal from your headspace is via a lobotomy. Bringing up the rear the wired and spasmodically groovy 'Halfway to Love' with its fried brassy arrangements could easily be their own unique thematic signature tune meets post punk ghost busters of sorts. A gem of a release. " 23/10/06
indigoflow.co.uk - 5/5
"I still don’t understand how anything good can come out of
Doncaster, but somehow Neon Plastix have managed it. This is an
extra treat, presenting us with a double A-side. Starting with Dream
is a perfect of how crazy electro disco pop should be, tinged with
hints if Talking Heads, The Faint and Devo.
But it’s On Fire that you really ought to spazzing out on the dance
floor to. Its racing beat pulses through it and it’s almost more Devoesque
than Devo themselves. This is an explosive song which
reminds me for some reason of Madonna…but Madonna on acid with
a man’s voice.
I love these guys, and I’m always going to admire them for being
good from somewhere so crap… Rock on the New Yorkshire disco!
Plus they seem to be what Klaxons have tried and failed to be, which
is always going to give me a little evil grin." 11/06
manchestermusic.co.uk - 4/5
"Half scaring some of our reviewers some eighteen months ago at a local
live gig, NeonPlastix were frighteningly compared to Adam And The Ants
and Duran Duran. Good news is that their foot stomping synth pop is both
light and flat & firm enough to crash out the disco beats. “On Fire” is
superior to first track “Dream”, coming across as a speeded up Blondie
track that’s dismantling The Bravery with the wrong sized spanners, whilst
mugging Bronski Beat. The bands semi-destructive, soaring Doncaster
based melodies have a lot more substance than maybe even they want you
to believe" 11/06
HighVoltage.org.uk - 4/5
"Never (not in the 70s) ever (nor even the 80s) has anything as glamorous as Neon Plastix emerged from the town of Doncaster.
Setting about filling the void left by The Killers since they departed to the Americanisms of rock; ‘Dream' smartly switches between the ponderous and Forward Russian urgency, in a frog marched number eased only by the graceful keys that bathe it.
‘On Fire' manages to crank up the Devo nerves to shaky; wracked between The Blood Arm's show-boy pomp and Clor's careless quirk. Maybe this is even deserving of the mystical AA-Side status that I never quite understood.
Patrick Goss' confidently smooth Brian Ferry croon twists and strains wherever the desperation requires it. Rightly should you be wary of this – a blended sound a mite too eager with immediate references. ‘Halfway To Love' dispels this notion, not with anything original, but with a strutted statement of irresistible intent."
11/06
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prick tease/neon invasion
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rough trade
"This one's sure to go mental. Imagine The Killers amped, pilled and synth'ed up jerking their well-rehearsed new wave moves with punk attitude and pop style aplenty. Double-a single for new blow up signings doncaster electro/new wave outfit Neon Plastix, limited to 1000, think Franz, Killers, Bis, think pop-punk new wave disco floorfiller."
03/06
cd times
"Neon Plastik are a quintet of electro popstars who come from Doncaster and sound like they've come straight out of an 80s disco. Prick Tease , the sort of girl every guy really hates, but really wants, is a medley of crashing drums, up-beat vibes and funk-pumping synthesised guitars. Neon Invasion comes straight out of a sci-fi movie, as the intro-beat crashes down onto the electonica landscape. And What's so Funny? is another 80s inspired track with a similar tempo to the other two.
This is the only problem with the single, all the tracks are great, but all sound too similar too each other. However, this can be a forgiven; considering the band brilliantly capture a blurry mix of electric punk and poppy sounds, reminiscent of Talking Heads and acid punk of The Rapture."
7/10 02/06
diskant.net
"This is pretty dumb. But in a good way.
On this, their debut double A-side single, Neon Plastix make what is in many ways modern indie pop by numbers. Slightly affected posh vocal? Check. Angular guitars? Check. Nifty electro-synths? Absolutely. Dance floor influenced drum sounds? Of course. Any good? I think so.
Ok, even if they do sound a little like The Killers, The Faint, Franz Ferdinand and others, they have found a neat line in choruses and base lines. Neon Plastix are one of many bands that we'll no doubt see this year making sparky electro pop despite hipsters proclaiming the death of 'electro-clash'.
If they keep coming up with stuff as fun as 'Prick Tease' the Neon Plastix could add up to being a band to be reckoned with." 12/02/06
dogmanet.org
"Clearly influenced by Talking Heads, Neon Plastix is naughty but nice Disco-Pop music. 'Prick tease' is the cheeky little Indie number; 'Neon invasion' has a darker, slightly sadist electronic edge to it. The former A-side may be all the more immediate and catchy, but all three tracks do the business" 02/06
indigoflow.co.uk
"With a name like Neon Plastix, I’d really like to not like this band very much. However, I’ve come to realise that just isn’t possible. Even though they’re always going to suffer from the fact that they’re from Doncaster, this 80’s electro loving quintet are what you might say, pretty fecking cool.
So, they’re releasing a double A-side. They’ve toured with the likes of Test-Icicles, The Kooks and Clor, so they’re already in-line for the potential to be fairly big.
I can only describe Prick Tease thus: it’s got hints of Radio 4 and the B-52’s, it’s got crazy thrashing drums, it sounds a bit like Devo, their singer sounds freakishly like Tom from ¡Forward, Russia!, and there’s definitely a bit of The Faint-style abrasiveness. And I like it!
Neon Invasion is pretty similar, it’s a bit more thrashy and lively and make-you-want-to-dancey, and I’m scared by the fact that the singer turns into the bastard child of Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand, Tom from ¡Forward, Russia! and Paul Smith of Maxïmo Park. I’m not kidding. It’s pretty scary.
I’m concerned by the fact that their press release says they draw influence from U2, but thankfully, to be truthful, they sound absolutely chuff-all like them.
The CD version of the single comes with the track What’s So Funny? and because it’s so ace, I feel the need to tell you so.
Go forth! Buy it! They’re actually pretty darn good, and you should love them"
5 stars 06/02/06
pure groove records
"This lot have supported Test-Icicles and Clor, and are one of the better electro-disco-indie bands around at the moment. Catchy little debut for the dancefloors. " 02/06
sandman magazine
"Neon Plastix. Nice name, nice line in art rock. That's art rock, we should add, with the emphasis on the rock, rather than the raised eyebrow and contrite intelligence of…well, we don't want to mention names but let's just say No We Don't Want To and we'd rather rip our own ears off than listen to you ask us again.
A n y w a y, ‘Prick Tease', it jolts and jerks and twists and turns like a Talking Heads track being electrocuted by the faulty amp of a iForward Rusia! fender, and when its stabbing serating guitar lines and thrashed-to-fuck rhythm tire themselves out after the briefest of three minutes, your finger will be reaching straight for the repeat button so you can dance once more like it's reached straight into the light socket. Electrocuting.
‘Neon Invasion' is more of the same with an eighties New Order vibe muscling its way into the deranged time signatures and schizophrenic melody. It'll leave you wanting more like the dirty little cock rub it is." 02/06
subba-cultcha.com
"Another in a fine line of Blow Up releases, with the jumpy energy of Devo and the ecstatic vocal delivery of David Byrne with ADD… The next Hot Hot Heat?" 02/06
uk music search
"Resembling a version of Franz Ferdinand raised on 80s disco rather than 70s angular art punk, Neon Plastix make music that writhes with pulstating pop excitement. Inhabiting a musical landscape that's all cheeky synth stabs, jerky drum beats and yelping vocals - Neon Plastix are the exciteable collision of Duran Duran, Talking Heads and The Rapture. PRICK TEASE races by, a hyperactive blur of awkward pop hooks and infectious synth riffs - kind of a high NRG The Killers on class A drugs and no sleep. NEON INVASION draws on the same sounds and influences, this time round injecting the odd anthemic chorus or two into the mix for good measure.Bold pop with all the awkward energy of a twitchy ketamine addict, Neon Plastix have a twinkle in their eye that suggests little short of total domination."
Mike Bond 01/06
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"These Yorkshire discopop chaps professto making "musicto make girls smile"and while this writeris most definitely inpossession of a wang-doodle, these new-wave songs force a grinregardless of gender.An impassioned andfeel-good statementof intent"
12/11/05
this is fake DIY: best of myspace feb '06
"Although our hearts shrivelled slightly when The Bravery got synth-rock so very, very wrong, self-confessed 'wierd kids' Neon Plastix have managed to strike the jackpot with their own brand of melody drenched bleep-punk. There's hints of Bis, Talking Heads and Hot Hot Heat and an uncanny knack for a Bloody Good Chorus. We misread their vocalists name as 'Danny Hardcore' too, which we thought was amazing until we read it again and realised we made a mistake." 02/06
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