Music / First LookNeon Neon - Hammer And SickleErotic banquets and Communist dictators in a Feltrinelli-inspired video from the pop duoShareLink copied ✔️April 30, 2013MusicFirst LookText Hanne Christiansen Hammer And Sickle Check out the new video from the 80s-inspired electronic pop duo Neon Neon as premiered here, made up of former Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and producer Boom Bip. The band’s second album, 'Praxis Makes Perfect', will be released later this year, and is built around a rather unexpected protagonist: a little-known 1960s Italian publisher and political campaigner by the name of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. A Communist activist, Feltrinelli traveled the world making friends with Third World radicals like Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, before he was found dead under suspicious circumstances at the foot of a high-voltage power line outside Milan in 1972.The first single off the album is called ‘Hammer and Sickle’, and Neon Neon have once again enlisted the help of Rob Schroeder to direct the visuals (Schroeder is the brains behind the video for the band’s 2008 release ‘I Told Her On Alderaan’). Schroeder’s surreal five-minute spectacle is as intoxicating as the track: peppered with Communist symbols, erotic banquets and cameos by historical dictators, it is a wonderfully disorienting watch. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingWho would we be attracted to if we didn’t know what we looked like? From dating apps and ‘leagues’ to pheromones and self-image, our desires are shaped as much by how we see ourselves as by who’s in front of usBeautyMusicIn pictures: Kim Petras’ ‘Jeep’ is a Tumblr fantasy come to lifeBeautyHoroscopes May 2026: It’s a money month, so expect a surprise windfallArt & PhotographyThings To Come: Porn saves the world in Maja Malou Lyse’s ‘bimbo sci-fi’Art & PhotographyInside Studio Iron, Isamaya Ffrench’s new dystopian dreamworldBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismLife & CultureThe best Dev Patel lookalikes at the London contestFashionNipples, nachos and mask4mask: The biggest trends at the Met Gala 2026 Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy