Neon Indian announces new album and shares “Slumlord”

Synthpop artist, Alan Paloma, also known as Neon Indian, will come out eill his first album in four years on October 16th. Named VEGA INTL. Night School, was written over a year and “brims with funk-centric guitar lines, pronounced Balearic rhythms, and the most elaborate songwriting of his career,” according to the press release. The artwork is above.
Set out through Mom + Pop/Transgressive, the followup to Era Extraña was composed and recorded in various places including a cabin, a cruise ship, DFA’s New York Plantain Studios, and Pure X’s Austin practice space. Palomo said: “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.”
The first listen of VEGA INTL. is the lead single “Slumlord.” Listen to it here, and find the full tracklist and newly announced tour dates below. 

VEGA INTL. Night School Tracklist:

01. Hit Parade

02. Annie

03. Street Level

04. Smut!

05. Bozo

06. The Glitzy Hive

07. Dear Skorpio Magazine

08. Slumlord

09. 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)
Neon Indian 2015 Tour Dates:

08/21 – Mexico City, MX @ Semana De Las Juventudes Festival

08/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest

09/12 – El Paso, TX @ Mother of Pearl Block Party

09/17 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

09/18 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune

09/19 – Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia Festival

09/20 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial

09/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Social Hall

09/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Social Hall

09/29 – Manor, TX @ J Lorrain Ghost Town

09/30 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger

10/01 – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory

10/02 – 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

11/07 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest

11/08 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic

11/10 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West

11/11 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom

11/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

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