VIDEO: “Hex Girlfriend” (For No One TV)
VIDEO: “Polish Girl” (Dir. by Tim Nackashi)
Neon Indian will head back out on the road for a full North American tour this Spring, and is offering fans a way to save money when they buy advance tickets directly through the band’s website, and has also created an exclusive T-shirt only available as a bundle with pre-sale tickets. Every ticket has lower service fees than you’ll find anywhere else and comes with a tour laminate that will get you a 10% discount at the merch booth at any show on this tour.
Pre-sale info is here
Prior to the full tour, the band has a pair of shows on New Year’s Eve (Lights All Night Fest in Dallas) and New Year’s Day (A special event w/ The Flaming Lips and Yoko Ono in Oklahoma City). There are also dates in Japan and Australia in Feb. & March.
Bio:
Neon Indian is the brainchild of Alan Palomo, who’s 2009 debut record Psychic Chasms not only earned the 20 year-old a spot on numerous year-end lists, but assisted the forming of a genre that, though known by a few names now (hypnagogic pop, glo-fi, chillwave), summoned a very unique and specific electro-mangled sound. Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and SPIN all praised Palomo for his adventurous new sound, and he was tapped to perform at top festivals like South by Southwest, Bonnaroo, and Sasquatch and also scored opening slots for bands ranging from Massive Attack and The Flaming Lips to Phoenix and Chromeo. Written and recorded last winter in an efficiency apartment in Helsinki, Finland during its short solstice days, Era Extraña was ice sculpted from arpeggiated synth-scapes and scribbled journal entries made during his stint there alone in constant solitude. “It’s the closest you can get to feeling like you’re at the edge of the earth,” he says. “And there were moments where I lost sight of what I was really there to do.” Era Extraña was released on September 13th on Palomo’s own Static Tongues imprint in conjunction with Mom + Pop Music in the United States, Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom and Europe, Dine Alone in Canada, Arts&Crafts in Mexico, Pop Frenzy/Inertia in Australia and Big Nothing Records in Japan.
“Rather than the deeply submerged sounds of its debut – which drew the attention of the Flaming Lips, who tapped the band for a collaborative EP – Mr. Palomo is taking the same milky synths and putting them to use in pop that’s crisp and ecstatic.” – The New York Times
Tour Dates
December 31, Dallas, TX Lights All Night
January 01, Oklahoma City, OK Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center #
February 21, UNIT TOKYO, Japan
Februrary 24, Prince Bandroom MELBOURNE, Australia
February 25, Rocket Bar ADELAIDE, Australia
February 26, Perth International Arts Festival PERTH, Australia
February 29, Neverland Bar GOLD COAST, Australia
March 1, Woodland BRISBANE, Australia
March 2, The Standard SYDNEY, Australia
March 3, Playground Weekender Festival Del Rio Riverside Resort, NSW Australia
March 7, New York, NY MOMA
March 8, Richmond, VA The National *
March 9, Knoxville, TN The Square Room *
March 10, Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge *
March 11, Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room *
March 13, Dallas, TX Granada Theater *
March 17, Houston, TX House of Blues Houston *
March 19, Atlanta, GA Masquerade *
March 20, Athens, GA 40 Watt *
March 21, Carborro, NC Cat’s Cradle *
March 22, Baltimore, MD Ottobar
April 3, Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
April 4, Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
April 5, Bloomington, IN The Bishop
April 6, Chicago, IL The Metro
April 7, Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
April 9, Denver, CO Bluebird
April 10, Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
April 12, Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
April 24, San Francisco, CA Fillmore
April 26, Portland, OR Doug Fir
April 27, Seattle, WA Neumos
April 28, Vancouver, BC Venue
April 30, Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
May 1, Calgary, AB Republik
May 3, Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret
May 4, Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
May 5, Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
May 6, Detroit, MI Magic Stick
May 8, Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
May 10, Montreal, QC Cabaret Mile End
May 11, Boston, MA Paradise
May 12, New York, NY Terminal 5
# = w/ The Flaming Lips, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
* = w/ Purity Ring
Neon Indian
Era Extraña
(Static Tongues / Mom & Pop Music)
Street Date: Sept. 13, 2011
Track Listing:
1. Heart: Attack
2. Polish Girl
3. Blindside Kiss
4. Hex Girlfriend
5. Heart: Decay
6. Fall Out
7. Era Extraña
8. Halogen (I Could Be a Shadow)
9. Future Sick
10. Suns Irrupt
11. Heart: Release
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