Neon Indian is the lo-fi synth-pop project of Alan Palomo. The project was formed during his college years while he was juggling music, his studies and his career in gay porn in Denton, Texas. He had been in previous music groups before, but Neon Indian really came out strong. When his first album, Physic Chasms, was released it got great reviews and the blogosphere started putting it in the top albums of 2009. Pitchfork placed two songs from the album on its Top Tracks of 2009, "Should Have Taken Acid With You" at 74th and "Deadbeat Summer" at 13th. "Should Have Taken Acid With You" was an apology in song form for missing an acid date with an old girlfriend, she liked it and Alan continued making strange summery songs. The second album, Era Extraña, was released in 2011, and feels much more polished, still lo-fi, but not to the extent of the first album, and it shows that Alan really has talent.
Live, Neon Indian tours with Alan Palomo doing vocals and keyboard, Jason Faries on drums, Leanne Macomber on keyboard and vocals and Lars Larsen overseeing live visuals. I saw them back in 2009 at the Echoplex and they were awesome live, really got the crowd going. Looking forward to seeing them on a warm summery day in the desert!
From the most recent album:
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