Neon Indian announces new album

Neon Indian announces new album VEGA INTL. Night School and shares new single "Slumlord".

Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) has announced the follow up to 2011’s Era Extraña and this year’s standalone single “Annie”, in the form of upcoming album VEGA INTL. Night School.

Slated for release via Mom + Pop on October 16, VEGA INTL. Night School was conceived during a period of aesthetic reinvention for Palomo, as he retooled the low fi and spontaneous writing style he’d developed as Neon Indian by incorporating elements of the cleaner production values and dance oriented approach of his previous recording moniker VEGA, ultimately merging the two into one fast lane. Developed over a four year period, the album brims with funk-centric guitar lines, pronounced Balearic rhythms, and the most elaborate songwriting of his career.

Composed and recorded in a variety of locations including, but not limited to, the cabin aboard a cruise ship, DFA’s Plantain Studios in New York, Pure X’s practice space in Austin, Ben Allen’s studio in Atlanta, and mixed in Brooklyn with Alex Epton (XXXchange). Upon its completion, Alan noted “most of what I’ve learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark. People are just kind of more honest then. More deliberate. I like to call the places I go to Night Schools.”

VEGA INTL. NIGHT SCHOOL TRACKLIST:

1. Hit Parade
2. Annie
3. Street Level
4. Smut!
5. Bozo
6. The Glitzy Hive
7. Dear Skorpio Magazine
8. Slumlord
9. Slumlord’s Re-Lease
10. Techno Clique
11. Baby’s Eyes
12. C’est La Vie (say the casualties!)
13. 61 Cygni ave.
14. News From the Sun (live bootleg)

NEWLY ANNOUNCED TOUR DATES

9/29 – Manor, TX – J Lorraine Ghost Town
9/30 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
10/1 – Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
10/2 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
10/13 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10/14 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
10/16 – Detroit, MI – Populux
10/17 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
10/20 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
10/21 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
10/22 – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
10/23 – Buffalo, NY – Tralf Music Hall
11/7 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/8 – New Orleans – Republic
11/10 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
11/11 – Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom
11/15 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TOUR DATES

8/21 – Mexico City – Semana De Las Juventudes Festival – Zocola Plaza
8/23 – Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
9/12 – El Paso, TX – Mother Of Pearl Block Party
9/17 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
9/18 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
9/19 – Victoria, BC – Rifflandia Festival
9/20 – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
9/22 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Social Hall
9/23 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Social Hall

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