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Psychic Chasms

Neon Indian

Psychic Chasms

Texas chillwave frontrunner Alan Palomo with a debut release combining synthpop, indie rock and electronica

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7.4

Label
Lefse
UK Release date
10/10/2009
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  1. 8.6 |   Pitchfork

    There's enough going on in the layered electronics and enigmatic longing to make this one of the year's most replayable albums.
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  2. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    He pulls sounds together - a little My Bloody Valentine guitar shimmer here, some beautifully layered electronics there - and adds enough hooks to leave you wanting more
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  3. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    In short, Psychic Chasms is the soundtrack to the childhood summer you never experienced, but you fervently wish for
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  4. 8.0 |   Spin

    This Austin, Texas duo's debut emanates bright colors even while the glow is muted by lo-fi haze
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    This is a very fine debut. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    A hotchpotch of dreamy soundscapes, not so much songs as musical sketches
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  7. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    There's something about the album's processed sway FX and its warbling busted cassette treatment that gives it a character most electronic recordings would spend far too much time and money in the studio trying to create
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  8. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Only time will tell if Neon Indian can create anything which can find an audience beyond the realm of chillwave
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  9. 8.0 |   NME

    Alan Palomo’s winning way with a tune places him within spitting distance of chillwave’s twin wellsprings, Ariel Pink and Daft Punk
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  10. 8.0 |   Culture Deluxe

    If you’re going to sit up and take note to one new electronica artist this year, do yourself a favour and make sure it’s Neon Indian
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  11. 7.0 |   The Fly

    A warped underwater disco
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  12. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Fantastic brain candy in the vein of electronica or millennial psychedelia. If poppy synthetics and warped, cloaked guitars are your thing, then prepare yourself for the bombardment of huge synth canopies and dancing notes in this vintage electro epic
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  13. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The ooo-oooh swoopiness is enchanting and the constant SNES-soundtrack bubblings take you back to a simpler, more tranquil and ultimately a place filled with hope
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  14. 7.0 |   Blurt

    This just isn't THE RECORD OF THE YEAR that the blogosphere promised me it would be; but it is more than the sum of its parts.
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  15. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  16. 6.0 |   AU Review

    Neon Indian’s gift is very apparently one of mood-setting rather than melodic knack
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