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Austin's Neon Indian, the brainchild of
electronic composer Alan Palomo, crafted
retro-psychedelic synth-pop littered with all sorts of sound effects on
Psychic Chasms (Lefse, 2009).
The deranged bubblegum pop Terminally Chill,
imbued with dissonance and found sounds, was the archetype of Palomo's songs,
that could
occasionally steer closer to mainstream power-pop (notably in 6669),
but mostly sounded like a sendup of pop muzak.
Deadbeat Summer is a
parody of the Beatles with a plastic beat a` la
Love Of Life Orchestra,
and
the synth makes fun of the catchy refrain of Should Have Taken Acid With You.
Mind Drips sounds like a defanged remix of the
Pet Shop Boys.
His "dirty" electronic arrangements make a point of ruining sweet danceable
ballads such as Local Joke.
However for Ephemeral Artery one can almost say the opposite: the
melody ruins the industrial nightmare created by the keyboards.
This album became one of the blueprints for the entire chillwave movement.
The more artificial Era Extrana (2011),
produced by Dave Fridmann,
ends up sounding more personal despite abandoning the lo-fi ideology.
The trivial coldwave elegy Polish Girl pales in
comparison with the lavish
quasi-cacophony of Future Sick, Suns Irrupt and Hex Girlfriend that possibly represent Neon Indian's artistic peaks.
While his fellow chillwave pioneers Washed Out and Toro y Moi kept changing
their style, Neon Indian remained loyal to his lo-fi synth-pop for vintage
analog keyboards on the double-LP Vega Intl Night School (2015).
The reggae number Annie isn't equipped with a decent refrain.
The disco locomotive Techno Clique is a lame imitation of
Giorgio Moroder.
And Slumlord sounds like a Nicolas Jaar remix of Prince's falsetto soul.
Not exactly genius.
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