Listeners received a teaser to Neon Indian's new album in May when former Dentonite Alan Palomo released single "Annie," but no one was sure when they'd get anything more.
Thank the electro-pop gods! We now have another track, album release date and local concert announcement.
Neon Indian announced it's forthcoming album, entitled Vega INTL Night School, with a really cool call-in promo. Dial 512-643-8342 (VEGA) and you'll be picked up by a voicemail message that informs callers the album drops Oct. 16. Call from a cell phone and you'll receive a link to stream a second single, "Slumlord," via text.
Or you can skip the novelty entirely and listen to it below. But that's no fun!
"Most of what I've learned about human nature in my twenties has happened after dark," Palomo said of the new album in a statement obtained by Pitchfork. "People are just kind of more honest then. More deliberate. I like to call the places I go to Night Schools."
Neon Indian will be swinging through The Bomb Factory in Dallas on Oct. 1 prior to the album's release and will return to the Lone Star State in November for Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest. It's a Red Bull Sound Select Show, too, which means tickets will be dirt cheap; like $3 cheap! But you have to RSVP.
Wait, this sounds familiar. Ah yes, Parquet Courts, another product of the Denton music scene, is also releasing a new album this fall and hitting Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton before Fun Fun Fun Fest. It seems great North Texas bands do think alike.
