So who the heck are Neon Indian? Well, as a music writer -- excuse me, I mean, a Music Writer -- it’s my job to inform you. So... let's seeeee heeeeereee... Brooklynites? Maybe, sure. Racists? Possibly, controversy’s always good. An “elusive new project from composer Alan Palomo [that] delivers equal parts synthetic nostalgia, dreampop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise to create something eerier than the sound of its parts?" Definitely.
Well, whoever the heck they are, they’ve finished a debut full-length, sort-of hilariously titled Psychic Chasms, slated for release on October 13 via the good ol' Lefse label. You may remember Lefse from such classic records as... well, whatever. Press is press, right everyone? What do you say I just cherry-pick some more qualitative such-n-suchs from the press release and go get some lunch? Okay. Deal.
So yeah, written largely in one sitting in Texas, this bag o’ tracks resulted from “field recordings, record samples, and a collection of bizarre synth sounds.” Hinging on themes of drug-induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances, these tunes “provide a lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui.” But just in case all of this is sounding a little bit too much like The Postal Service or something, peep the fact that Neon Indian are hitting the road alongside some visual high-wire acts from video artist (and band member) Alicia Scardetta, transforming this first tour into a briskly alliterative, uh, “multimedia maelstrom.” Actually, did The Postal Service ever do that? They never toured at all, did they? I mean, I don’t listen to much music, I just write about it from a holier-than-thou perspective for a living. Oh. Whoops. I mean. Who wants to see some nice, neat tourdates?? Yeah.
Psychic Chasms tracklisting:
1. (AM)
2. Deadbeat Summer
3. Laughing Gas
4. Terminally Chill
5. (If I Knew, I'd Tell You)
6. 6669 (I Don't Know If You Know)
7. Should Have Taken Acid with You
8. Mind, Drips
9. Psychic Chasms
10. Local Joke
11. Ephemeral Artery
12. 7000 (reprise)
Neon Indian Tour:
10.02.09 - Austin, TX - Emo's (Austin City Limits afterparty)
10.16.09 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under
10.17.09 - Jacksonville, FL - TSI
10.18.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10.17.09 - Washington, DC - Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
10.20.09 - Philadelphia, PA - The Barbery
10.24.09 - New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10.25.09 - Hartford, CT - La Paloma Sabanera
10.27.09 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10.28.09 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10.29.09 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
10.30.09 - Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin (Der Rathskeller)
10.31.09 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
11.07.09 - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Festival
11.08.09 - Lubbock, TX - Bash Riprock's
11.11.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
11.12.09 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
11.13.09 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Lemon Beat
11.14.09 - Mexico City, Mexico - Pasaje América
11.15.09 - Seattle, WA - Nectar Lounge
11.16.09 - Vancouver, BC - Shine Nightclub
11.19.09 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
11.20.09 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
11.21.09 - Tuscon, AZ - Club Congress
