Neon Neon (Gruff Rhys & Boom Bip) present their new album, Praxis Makes Perfect, the follow up to 2008’s Mercury Music Prize nominated Stainless Style.

Praxis Makes Perfect is a musical biopic of Italian Publisher, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli’s colourful life viewed through the lens of Gruff Rhys’ highly original sound writing and Boom Bip’s shimmering synth-heavy production.

Guests on this album include two previous Neon Neon co-conspirators in Josh Klinghoffer of Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Cardiff’s Cate Le Bon, plus Italian pop sensation Sabrina Salerno and actress Asia Argento.

Salerno – best known for her multi-million selling 80s anthem Boys (Summertime Love) – duets with Rhys on Shopping (I Like To). Argento’s various vocal contributions include a reading from Carlo Feltrinelli’s Senior Service biography of his father – the book that provided the initial inspiration for Praxis Makes Perfect – on poignant curtain closer Ciao Feltrinelli.

Neon Neon have also teamed up with the National Theatre Wales to create unique live shows set to blur the boundaries between pop gig and theatre performance. This will be a touring production, starting in Cardiff, then moving to the Barbican and festivals across Europe in summer 2013.