Following the widespread praise splashed out in Neon Indian's Alan Paloma following his 2009 debut Psychic Chasms, it's little wonder he decided to hole up in an efficiency studio in Helsinki to write and record his new LP Era Extraña. The tracks were penned during Finland's short solstice days and the desolate surroundings were certainly not lost on Paloma.
The sessions yielded album-defining the three-part instrumental "Heart: Attack, Heart: Decay, and Heart: Release." It's a cinematic blend of liquid washed guitars, 8-bit bleeps and looped conversation that seem like the may have fallen right out of Paloma's head and into his laptop.
Era Extraña drops on September 13, live dates and cover art after the jump.
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Era Extraña album art.
Dates:
9/15 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
9/16 Washington DC - Rock n Roll Hotel
9/17 Carrboro, NC - Moog Festival
9/19 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
9/20 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree *
9/21 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks *
9/22 Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds *
9/23 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
9/24 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
9/26 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
9/27 San Diego, CA - Belly Up Tavern *
9/30 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
10/1 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop * ^
10/3 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
10/4 Vancouver, BC - Venue *
10/5 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe *
10/7 Boise, ID - Reef * ^
10/8 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge * ^
10/10 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
10/12 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar * ^
10/13 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry * ^
10/14 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall * ^
10/15 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop * ^
10/16 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick * ^
10/18 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace * ^
10/19 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
10/20 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall ^
10/21 New York, NY - Webster Hall ^
* w/ Com Truise
^ w/ Purity Ring
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