Watch NEON INDIAN and friends cover Prince’s “Pop Life” for Pitchfork TV

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Watch NEON INDIAN and friends cover Prince’s “Pop Life” for Pitchfork TV

With an all-star backing band feat. Kristin Kontrol, Holy Ghost!, Young Ejecta, Adeline of Escort, Hannah Cohen, Xenia Rubinos and Midnight Magic   

VIDEO: “Pop Life” –
Pitchfork

ESSAY: “Prince, the purple unicorn” by Alan Palomo –
The Guardian 

Pitchfork TV invited Neon Indian to cover a Prince song for them, and in turn Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo invited a bunch of his friends to join him in the studio for a rousing version of “Pop Life” including Kristin Kontrol (aka Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls), Holy Ghost!, Young Ejecta, Adeline of Escort, Hannah Cohen, Xenia Rubinos and Midnight Magic.

A few days after Prince’s death, Palomo was asked by The Guardian to write an essay about Prince, obviously one of his all-time heroes and musican inspirations, you can read the essay, titled “Prince, the purple unicorn” here.

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PRESS QUOTES ON VEGA INTL. NIGHT SCHOOL:

“The most deluxe, comprehensive Neon Indian album yet.” – PITCHFORK

“Palomo peels back the layers of psychedelia that have sometimes obscured his
work in the past, striving for a directness that results in the most crystallized –
and accessible – version of his aesthetic yet.” – ROLLING STONE

“This is not only Neon Indian’s best record, it is one of the best of the entire
year.” – THE 405

“A grizzly splendor of spindled guitars and futuristic synth lines, while vocally he
reaches for an intone that could reasonably pass as Prince in braggadocio form.”
– UNDER THE RADAR

“The album rewards investment in its world, and that world feels fully realized –
alive, even.” – THE VERGE

TOUR DATES:  

06/23 – Ogden, UT – Ogden Twilight Series
06/25 – Rothbury, MI – Electric Forest Festival
06/29 – Brooklyn, NY – House of Vans
07/15-17 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
08/09 – New York, NY – East River Park Amphitheater

 Neon Indian
VEGA INTL. Night School
(Mom + Pop)
Street Date: Oct. 16, 2015

Track List:
1. Hit Parade
2. Annie
3. Street Level
4. Smut!
5. Bozo
6. The Glitzy Hive
7. Dear Skorpio Magazine
8. Slumlord
9. 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)

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