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Psychic Chasms |  | Artist: Neon Indian
Label: Lefse Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3865
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 1
UPC: 646315220124
EAN: 0646315220124
ASIN: B002PQ7JMO
Release Date: October 13, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | (Am) | | • | Deadbeat Summer | | • | Laughing Gas | | • | Terminally Chill | | • | (If I Knew, I'd Tell You) | | • | 6669 (I Don't Know If You Know) | | • | Should Have Taken Acid with You | | • | Mind, Drips | | • | Psychic Chasms | | • | Local Joke | | • | Ephemeral Artery | | • | 7000 (Reprise) |
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Product Description
An elusive new project from composer Alan Palomo (VEGA). Neon Indian delivers equal parts synthetic nostalgia, dream-pop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise to create something eerier than the sum of its parts. Forged after a hazy winter gathering in Texas, this initial batch of tracks were the result of field recordings, record samples, and a collection of bizarre synth sounds. Soliciting the visual acrobatics of video artist Alicia Scardetta, this project is setting out to be a multimedia maelstrom. Orbiting around the themes of drug induced heartbreak, weary afternoons, and lost chances, this music provides a lush soundtrack to the deadbeat exploits of teenage ennui. They've been compared to New Order and Future Bible Heroes.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 non-plussed February 24, 2010
redbloodcells (tx)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just listening to the samples I'm reminded of a less clean, less organized, not-dance, version of Justice. Have the previous reviewers heard of Justice? Doesn't seem like it. The dense and lo-fi sound on this album, mixed with "funk-style" dance, just doesn't make me want to listen to anything other than the samples. It sounds like it should have been made in the late '70s and should have died there.
Listen to Justice if you want funk, dance, and something that sounds like it was made to listen to today.
 Love It February 20, 2010
ExtravaganzaSD
I love this. I heard this in a record store and had to ask who they were playing.
This sounds like someone's cassette mix tape from 1978 that has been sitting on the dashboard of a Pinto for the last 30 years baking in the sun. It sounds "damaged". But still very catchy, almost cloying pop. The sound of this actually reminds me of some late 70s Paul McCartney records that were synth based ("With A Little Luck", "Wonderful Christmas Time") as well synth forays made by other pop-mainstream artists at time (Stevie Wonder comes to mind and I keep thinking I hear the riff of "What a Fool Believes" by the Doobie Brothers.) Apparently there is a Todd Rundgren sample as well - which makes sense. I am not sure anything I just said will make someone actually want to buy this album (I mean, I hate "What a Fool Believes" and "Wonderful Christmas Time" has to be one of the most insipid records ever) but somehow all of this works. Get it!
Washed out lo-fi oddness. February 16, 2010
Sam111111 (Chicago, IL, far away from you most likely)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Neon Indian sounds, alternatively, like a cross between Daft Punk, MGMT, and some guy smoking pot. Kinda.
The dopey vocals are kind of endearing in their way, and a few of the songs are great. This CD could've been longer, but at the length and price it is, it's definitely worth it. 6669 is the star, in my opinion, but the other songs are also very good. You know you have something when you catch yourself, listening to the last CD, simultaneously wondering when the CD will loop around and start the other songs, and how they could make such a catchy riff [7000 is really good, but it isn't my favorite].
One of the best from 2009... January 9, 2010
Stephanie Rae Lozo Davies (Sunny Florida)
Beneath the hazy sonics from this bedroom electro-pop project are well-structured and highly addictive songs, putting it next to Towers of Asia's debut as one of last year's nicest surprises.
4.5 stars... very promising debut November 21, 2009
Paul Allaer (Cincinnati)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Neon Indian is the duo consisting of Alan Palomo and Alicia Cardetta, at one point high school classmates. Neon Indian started posting songs on the internet earlier this year, and immediately created a huge buzz (probably in part because the identity of the band members was initialy kept a secret). Now comes the debut release of Neon Indian. If you wonder about their musical style, think mostly instrumental, but definitely danceable, synth-grooves. Band that come to mind are Ghostland Observatory (minus the electric guitar), New Order and Telex (from the early 80s).
"Psychic Chasms" (12 tracks; 31 min.) kicks off with a short "(AM)" intro, only then to blast into "Deadbeat Summer", perhaps the most conventional track on here (and with full lyrics). After a short and silly "Laughing Gas" instrumental, we then dive into "Terminally Chill", one of those tracks that made so much indie-buzz, and rightfully so. "(If I Knew I'd Tell You") is another short intermezzo (reminding me so much of that groundbreaking band Telex back in the day), leading us into "6669 (I Don't Know If You Know)", a great track. "Should've Taken Acid With You", also a buzz-creating track, is actually one of the weaker tracks on here for me. The next 4 tracks, though, are all one better than the other: "Minds, Drips", the title track, "Local Joke" (my favorite track on here) and "Ephemeral Artery" are in total the heart of the album, and just superb. "7000 (Reprise)" is a short instrumental to close out the album.
In all, I can't emphasize enough how impressed I am with this release (sure to land high on my "end of the year" best albums list), and I can't wait to hear more from Neon Indian. I had the great fortune of catching Neon Indian live at their first gig ever, in September at the Monolith music festival (at the Red Rocks, near Denver), in front of a PACKED audience. Looked like the band was a bit nervous at the beginning, but soon enough the grooves took over and they put on a fantastic set. Finally, if you wonder where you can hear this band, check out WOXY (BAM! The Future of Rock and Roll), the internet-only station that brings the best indie-music in the country, bar none, and where this release has been in heavy rotation since its release last month.
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