Neon Indian is beginning to make their mark on the electro-pop landscape in a similar fashion to such contemporaries as MGMT, Passion Pit, and Animal Collective. The sound these bands have been creating, which can be called a modern take on 80s electronic pop, leans a bit more towards the retro sound with the Indian. Yet the flowing, sometimes ethereal vocals and hard hitting drums are definitely aligned with a more modern sound.
Alan Paloma is the man behind the machine. He was born in Mexico, but grew up in Texas – and with keyboard in hand, Neon Indian becomes the perfect moniker to explain his music.
His debut album, Psychic Chasms, continues his silly, yet appropriate naming conventions with tracks like Terminally Chill and Ephemeral Artery.
The album is definitely a new one to add to your hipster dance party collection. And as with many of the artists you read about in the bakery, he is still relatively obscure, but sure to blow up soon (and sure to be heard on your little sisters favorite radio station in a year and a half). But for now, when you’re handing out cocktail wienies at your latest soirée and the wayfarer crowd asks you what band is playing you can humbly grin and bob your head.
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Neon Indian – Terminally Chill
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You can buy Psychic Chasms on iTunes!
I love this kind of sound – spacey, psyched-out, hazy electro jams….
If it’s anything like Passion Pit and MGMT then I need to have it. Thanks!