what's with the nihongo on this cover every time
>>63103429
Psychic Chasms pretty gr8, everything else pretty meh/half enjoyable.
>>63103429
This album is a blast desu.
all his albums are pretty solid and have a distinct vibe, it feels like he only cares about half the tracks and then just throws some shit together to pad out the album
also era extrana doesn;t get enough love, it has some really great tracks on it
>>63103429
Its okay not great, some filler tracks. Still worth listening to.
>>63103429
era extrana is his only album i enjoy, but i really love it
one time i was running one of my late night experimental radio shows and some dude called in and said
"YO
COULD YOU PLAY THAT NEW DANK NEON INDIAN SONG???"
"yeah sure i mean stay tuned and i might work it into the set or someth-"
"PUFF A BLUNT BRO!!!!"
and he hung up
Neon Indian is perfect. Polish girl was one of the first songs that started the music taste I have now. This particular album isn't that great, in my opinion.
>>63103429
fantastic album, one of the best of 2015.
he will literally never top Vega intl night school
>>63103889
He's only gonna get better dude...
>>63103456
this, psychic chasms was a 9/10, fun album. Everything else has been like a 7/10
The album itself is pretty solid. If I had to put a number on it, Id say a 3.5/5. I think the guy has potential.
Era Extrana is essential summer-night driving music.
Also fun to see live. Alan really gets into it.
>>63103429
Almost all the rare Neon Indian side projects in this thread. And it's all fantastic.
>>62955666
>>63103429
Honestly think he's my favorite pop artist of the last 7 years. Psychic Chasms was a pure 10/10 pop album for me, Era Extrana impressed me a little less, but it was still good, and has some jams on it, and with Vega INTL I think he has returned straight back to form, 9/10 AOTY 2015.
I also think his ability in electronic music and his songwriting talent is way beyond people give him credit for.
https://youtu.be/VeyTBmaqORo
under which artist's name is this by the way
(mentioned in this thread)>>63106489
>>63106603
It's Lovelife - 1994
The song is about reminiscing over the previous year
He only made two other songs under this moniker, Jimmys and the other one I can't find anywhere.
The VEGA ( EP ) linked in the thread sounds similar
Lovelife - Jimmys
https://youtu.be/SyOOrIjNFxY
Some filler on the album but most of it is decent
First time I heard Annie I had it stuck in my head for two weeks
>>63106764
>filler
there's literally no filler. the tracks that sound like filler were intended to be repetitive electronic dance tracks to replicate the feeling of a discotheque
>>63106552
His songwriting wasn't great on VEGA Intl Night School. All of the choruses are pretty weak, unlike on Psychic Chasms.
>>63107496
Agreed they were better on Psychic Chasms, but after repeated listens, they just got jammed in my head, and I love them all.
Songwriting wise I can see a drop but not a significant one. Some of the songs don't have pop as a main focus
>>63107512
Yeah pretty much every song has a great moment even if there aren't any wholly great songs (I'd have Hit Parade as the closest). He knows his way around a synth better than just about anyone else.
Is Hit Vibes the only album that comes close to this style?
>>63106489
Thanks for the heads up and to the anon in that thread who shared those Ghosthuster and Lovelife tracks, had no idea about this stuff.
>>63103429
It's better than Era Extrana
>>63108921
This.
Era and Psychic were okay, Vega was fucking brilliant 9/10
>>63103429
I hate 80s music, but love this album.
>>63103429
This is one of those rare albums where the songs that were my least favourite during my first listen (Smut!, Slumlord, and News from the Sun), are now all my favourite songs from the album, having listened to it a couple more times
My AOTY last year. He's a fantastic performer. I believe he went with more of a distorted 80s concept with this LP so that he could dance on stage.
>>63110633
especially with all the techno-pop stuff on the album
