Austin Sound

What’s left to say about Neon Indian’s Psychic Chasms? Do a quick google search for something like “It’s high time someone shed some proper love on the 80s” and you’ll be up to your waist in “Best New Music” and FADER boners in .00001 seconds. Ask your older brother what the next big song is and (depending on your family) you’ll likely be accepting an aim file transfer for “Empire State of Mind” with a “Terminally Chill” B-side. Yeah, Neon Indian blew up. And rightly so: with Alan Palomo (of VEGA) at the helm, the band charted a commendable course through a bygone era. But, hey, you knew they were from Austin, right?

Alan Palomo is a busy guy. The former Ghosthustler’s new band, Vega, was just taking off, when word has come down that another one of his projects, Neon Indian, just inked a deal with Lefse Records. Neon Indian is apparently a team up of Palomo with visuals from Brooklyn-based video artist Alicia Scardetta, and they don’t have much lined up together in the way of live shows yet - only the Monolith Festival in Colorado in June. The music is a little trippier and more psych than Vega, but Palomo’s pretty sweet beats still shine through. Their debut, Psychic Chasms will be dropping on October 13, and you can a taste of it with the nice summer groove a tune “Terminally Chill” below. (You can also download another track, “Deadbeat Summer” on the label’s site). And in the meantime, you can catch Vega next Friday, July 17, at Club DeVille.