The Neon Handshake is the debut album by London band Hell is For Heroes. The CD was released in February 2003 on Chrysalis Records.^[5]

The Neon Handshake
Studio album by Hell Is for Heroes
Released	3 February 2003
Genre	Post-hardcore
Length	42:19
Label	EMI
Hell Is for Heroes chronology
The Neon Handshake (2003) Transmit Disrupt (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC Music	Positive Review[1]
Drowned in Sound	[2]
NME	[3]
Sputnikmusic	[4]

Rock Sound magazine picked it as the "Album of the Year".

In 2005, readers of Kerrang! magazine voted The Neon Handshake the 58th best British rock album ever.^[6]

In 2018 the record was re-issued and released by Big Scary Monsters to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the band's debut release.