Neu!
Neu! 86 - GrÖnland
FILTER Grade: 85%

The brief discography of Krautrock minimalists Neu! is finally given the box-set treatment, but the real treat in the new Grönland package is Neu! 86—the duo’s final album. The results of an abortive reunion 10 years after Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother disbanded, these tracks languished in the realm of bootlegs. Now remixed and reassembled by Rother (following Dinger’s death in 2008), Neu! 86 is fascinatingly eclectic, from the high-’80s neon pop of “La Bomba (Stop Apartheid World Wide!)” to the synth-chilled drone bliss of “Wave Mother.” Acrimony never sounded so fun.