ladies and laddies:

just a brief note to anyone listening that mister neutron has two new cds coming out in 2008. the first one is "live in california," which was recorded one lovely sunday afternoon in october 2007 in huntington beach, right across the street from a pizza place called jersey joe's. you see, we're from new jersey, so that's kind of interesting.

it's got 17 songs, plus two hidden tracks, and a lot of the songs are 100 percent new mister neutron songs, including:

point pleasant (damian)
nor'easter (damian)
stratosfear (damian)
mr. moto (cover)
green sea (cover)
man of mystery (cover)
lenny (cover)
jellyfish race (cover)
mambo italiano (cover)

there are also live versions of comanchero, neutron stomp, subterfuge, submariner (an awesome version), naughty bits, attack of the sea people, the wedge and danger diabolik.

the cool thing about this cd is that deep eddy records is making only 100 of them, so these are very, very limited. it should be available in march. go to misterneutron.com for more details.

our OTHER new cd is "nor'easter," and it's got 16 all-new studio tracks. we've been recording this cd since 2006, although some of the sessions started in 2003 and some ended in 2008.

this one won't be out until may or june, but it's worth the wait!

there's not much happening on the gig front at the moment, but we do have a nice show coming up at otto's / nyc on march 1. and there's talk of an asbury lanes gig sometime in may, and possibly a coney island appearance in june.

keep checking the web site for news and free songs.

damian

RED TRIANGLE MISTER NEUTRON
Review by HangNine WebZine (UK) 2006

Who are they? The most powerful three-piece surf/instrumental band on the East Coast, or so they claim (we assume that they are referring to the east coast of the USA and not that they're huge in Dundee or Cromer).

RED TRIANGLE is their second CD for the Austin-based Deep Eddy label and features seven sparkling originals and covers of Dick Dale's "The Wedge" and the Eddie Angel-penned "The Casbah."

WHAT'S GOOD:
* "Comanchero" is a sublime spaghetti western thing, featuring acoustic rhythm guitars and some fabulous trumpet. If you've visited HangNine much, you'll know we are suckers for trumpet.

* "Attack Of The Sea People" is mental -- and only in a good way.

* Some thunderous playing from the Fanelli brothers (OK, I'm only guessing they're brothers, but I reckon there's a fair chance I'm correct) -- Damian on guitar and Tony on bass -- and from drummer Drew Paradine.

WHAT'S BAD: 
* "Comanchero" hints at the possibility of a somewhat broader musical pallette than the rest of the album, which, for the most part, actually delivers.

HANGNINE RATING: 
AB (Absolutely Brilliant)


RED TRIANGLE MISTER NEUTRON
Review by Blue StingRaye 2006

This nine-song EP is a powerful tribute to classic surf, old, new and Neutron, as well as a showcase of the power-surf style Mister Neutron fans are familiar with.

My personal pick is "Submariner." The drums of Drew Paradine just blew me away. Every second drips with reverb and salt air. The drums and bass line provide powerful surges of sound that compliment the high, sweet double-picking of Mister Damian Fanelli so well. I have listened to this CD no less that 20-plus times and still love this tune the most.

I have heard Mister Neutron play every tune on "Red Triangle" live and found the mix of exotica/trad, as in "Super Constellation" coming right after the hot-rod-surf sound of "Danger Diabolik," as enjoyable as the mix of tunes during their live shows.

The CD closes with an original written by bassist Tony Fanelli, "Neutron Stomp." It opens with Drew leading the way on the skins, followed by deep reverberating strings of Damian and Tony. "Neutron Stomp" will have you swaying and grinding with your dance partner as the beat builds up to climatic ending that takes your breath away.

"Red Triangle" leaves you wanting more, which is what all good performers want their audiences to feel. Be prepared to yell "encore!" after the CD ends. Mister Neutron has definitely created a place in the surf music genre all their own, and I am grateful they have allowed us to share it with them through their latest CD, "Red Triangle."


RED TRIANGLE MISTER NEUTRON
Review by William J. Levay 2006

At nine tracks and 25 minutes, this instrumental surf-rock set from the often-eclectic Mister Neutron is as fast and furious as Damian Fanelli's guitar playing.

Swimming in vibrato and drenched in reverb, "Red Triangle" wonderfully showcases the straight-ahead surf band that always lurked within Mister Neutron's sub-atomic core. The album cover leaves no doubt as to the kind of music contained inside. A surfer rides in front of a cresting wave. Is he aware of the ominous red triangle breaking the surface behind him? Is it a shark? The devil? A devil shark?

A tiki god observes the scene, which appears in that quasi-faded, bad-silkscreen-job finish and jumbled, blocky type. Certainly retro, and with that concomitant ironic distance that defines our age. I mean, how can you be sincerely retro if you know youre being retro? But thats for the phenomenologists ...

The surf rider seems to be in imminent peril, and thats the mood this brief set frequently evokes. Minor keys and modal riffs à la Dick Dale conjure up not only boards and Birdwells, but also danger, paranoia and constant motion. And those final chords, detuned with a whammy bar are they resolutions or question marks?

"Comanchero," the cinematic opening track, is the fullest of the bunch, thanks to guest artists who bring acoustic guitar, trumpet and percussion into the mix (yes, thats a Vibra-Slap). Its Ennio Morricone meets Dick Dale in Monument Valley; the constant motion here isnt the ocean, but a galloping horse. As the liner notes explain, Comancheros were "those brave souls who smuggled whiskey and rifles to the Comanches in 19th-century New Mexico," and here they are, back to life, triumphantly delivering their wares, ATF be damned.

"Danger Diabolik," an insanely catchy surf tune, is one of two new versions of tunes that originally appeared on Mister Neutrons 2004 release "Mister Neutron Loves You" (the other is "The Casbah"). But where they were once tucked away among 19 eclectic rock songs, they now serve as highlights.

"The Casbah" is a great beach blanket stomp, with a skipping bass line and killer backbeat, but this beach blanket happens to be in North Africa, on the sandy shores of the Mediterranean.

"Attack of the Sea People" begins with some intimate reverby surf-flamenco work by Fanelli, but soon launches into an all-out melee with brother Tony Fanellis rapid-fire bass and Drew Paradines pounding tom-toms leading the fight. After a ferocious drum intro,

"Neutron Stomp" settles into a down-tempo (for these guys, at least) groove but wait! Mister Neutron cant slow down for more than two minutes. For what they lack in net electric charge, they make up in pure kinetic energy. And like both the surf rider and the shark, to stop would be to perish.


RED TRIANGLE MISTER NEUTRON
Review by Jules at Redjmusic (BMI) 2006

This is fun, surfy music. These dudes play fast, and it's a great cd to listen to at the end of the summer. But not only is this band really good ... they are a tight band, and it's a very old skool surf sound ... almost gothic/rockabilly. These are no novices to what good music should sound like.

Mister Neutron's latest and greatest CD, RED TRIANGLE, was released in July 2006 on Deep Eddy Records. It features these nine euphoria-inducing surf/instro tunes:

01. COMANCHERO (Damian Fanelli)
02. THE WEDGE (Dick Dale)
03. SUBMARINER (Damian Fanelli)
04. DANGER DIABOLIK (Damian Fanelli)
05. SUPER CONSTELLATION (Damian Fanelli)
06. THE CASBAH (Eddie Angel)
07. SUBTERFUGE (Damian Fanelli)
08. ATTACK OF THE SEA PEOPLE (Damian Fanelli)
09. NEUTRON STOMP (Tony Fanelli)

RED TRIANGLE is available at the following Web sites:

CD Baby

iTunes

Mister Neutron

Deep Eddy Records

Garageband

Tower Records

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One of the RED TRIANGLE songs (SUPER CONSTELLATION) is available on the 2005 Deep Eddy Records surf compilation, BIG WAVE RIDERS. The CD features 24 tracks -- one song each -- from 24 surf bands from around the world. Click here for more info.

BIG WAVE RIDERS is available at the following Web sites:

Deep Eddy Records

CD Baby

Double Crown Records

Amazon.com

Mister Neutron

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Our 19-track CD, MISTER NEUTRON LOVES YOU (2004) has 14 vocal tracks (all original) and five instrumentals: CASBAH (an Eddie Angel cover), DANGER: DIABOLIK (an original spy/surf tune inspired by the 1966 movie), 10'LL GRETSCH YOU 20 (a modern-sounding but vintage-inspired surfing original), NAUGHTY BITS (an original lightning-fast SRV/rockabilly-style number that shows off the lovely sounds of the Fender Stratocaster -- we often close our shows with this one) and WHIRLIGIG, a Clarence White-inspired California-country original.

Phil Dirt gave our CD four stars!

MISTER NEUTRON LOVES YOU is available at the following Web sites:

Amazon.com

CD Baby

iTunes

Garageband

DWM Music Company

Mister Neutron

Deep Eddy Records

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A MOD PROPOSAL is one of the best vocal tracks on MISTER NEUTRON LOVES YOU. However, this song made its first appearance on the 2003 Deep Eddy Records compilation GARAGE JUSTICE VOL. 1: AUSTIN VS. NEW YORK CITY. You can find it at:

Deep Eddy Records

CD Baby

Amazon.com

Mister Neutron