Not quite the stellar lineup of releases this week, but there are still some great records to be had with The Flaming Lips’ latest, Embryonic leading the pack.  Also not to be completely overshadowed are releases from Thao Nguyen, Neon Indian, Imaad Wasif, Grant-Lee Phillips, and Fanfarlo who’s debut finally get a proper US release after being available digitally for what feels like forever.

As always, feel free to recommend anything I may have missed.

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I think I’ve started to become insensitive towards this recent string of mysterious musicians that have come out of nowhere. In the case of Neon Indian, an anonymous duo comprised of a male from Austin, Texas and a female from Brooklyn, New York. Hardly an image exists to represent them, which could be borderline infuriating for most, but I’m sure details will begin to emerge once they begin to garner more recognition. Their brand of lo-fi dream-pop brings to mind a couple of groups we’ve covered here in the past: Memory Cassette and Air France.

A couple of songs have emerged from their forthcoming EP, Psychic Chasms, including “Deadbeat Summer” which could easily find it’s way on a lot of summer mixtapes this year, and “6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know) a track that I’ve grown a bit fond of after listening to it numerous times over the past few weeks. The layered synths that permeate the song, along with the ghostly vocal melodies provide an almost tranquil feeling of isolation for a track that begs to be played repeatedly.

MP3: Neon Indian :: “6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know)”
MP3: Neon Indian :: “Deadbeat Summer”