Critiques CD: Neon Indian | Era Extraña

Alan Palomo is a young man of twenty-two who twirls and whirls in the electric blue neon shadows of his nom de plume, creating light, breezy and electric teenage symphonies to gods and monsters. Here he’s faced with the Herculean task of following up his crazily praised 2009 debut, Psychic Chasms, and fail he does not. Layering his warm vocals over synthetic disco grooves, soulful drum machine beats and breaks and an army of funky keyboards, Palomo’s stock has risen to near the top of the highly competitive musical world of the electronic pop vocal performer.