History Music / NeonIndian

* ButterFace: The woman in the video for "Fallout" has [[ShesGotLegs long, sculpted legs]], flowing pink hair, and gigantic breasts [[MaleGaze which the camera keeps focusing on]]. The mechanics in the video fall madly in love with her, and give her car a full tuneup. Then, at the very end, she takes off the sunglasses she'd been wearing up to that point, revealing some [[FishEyes seriously derpy eyes]], and the mechanics gape in shock as she drives off.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''VEGA Intl. Night School'' still draws on the 80s nostalgia of their first two albums, but in a very different way. The chillwave sound exemplified by the preceding albums was, well, chill, with even the more upbeat songs having a somewhat relaxed feel to them. They were also more psychedelic in both lyrical and instrumental content, and achieved the 80s nostalgia through StylisticSuck (such as trying to sound like a warped cassette tape). ''VEGA Intl.'', meanwhile, is a tribute to disco, and consists mostly of dance songs. It is also far less psychedelic, and mostly foregoes the warped sound quality for a more polished one. It is often compared to Music/RandomAccessMemories, Music/DaftPunk's NewSoundAlbum with similar themes.

* {{Retraux}}: The chillwave sound Neon Indian helped to pioneer is based on 80s pop music. Many of the songs have an [[StylisticSuck intentionally warped quality]], meant to evoke an old cassette tape that hasn't been played in a while. Some songs on''Psychic Chasms'' also sample some Music/ToddRundgren works from the 70s, further evoking the feel. Even the NewSoundAlbum ''VEGA Intl.'' draws on 80s nostalgia, being inspired by disco and early house music.

* SurrealMusicVideo: The "Sleep Paralysist" video has Alan and some girls sleeping in a house. Sounds normal...but said house has dancing Series/Boohbah dolls, an axolotl in a small tank, some creepy taxidermy, and two identical men playing chess against each other. Then the girl's souls leave their bodies and follow some [[HellishHorse horses with creepy glowing eyes]] (Probably meant as a pun on "nightmare"- they're [[StealthPun night mares]]). This is all justified, as the song is about dreaming, and the video is meant to feel like a dream.

* InTheStyleOf: "Future Sick", from ''Era Extrañia'', is a Music/BoardsOfCanada tribute, featuring warbly synths similar to theirs. The later "News From the Sun", from ''VEGA Intl.'', draws heavily on Music/Prince's SignatureStyle.

By the mid-2010s, chillwave was considered a dead genre by most critics and fans. Palomo seemingly agreed, and Neon Indian's first album in 4 years, ''VEGA Intl. Night School'', was a NewSoundAlbum that did away with the dreamy, psychedelic sound of chillwave, while more fully embracing [[{{Retraux}} 1980s aesthetics]] with a dancier disco sound. Critics have compared this to Music/DaftPunk's Music/RandomAccessMemories, another example of and electronic band fully embracing their retro influences.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: An axolotl appears briefly in the "Sleep Paralysist" video. The [[UglyCute odd-looking creature]] fits in rather nicely with everything else in the [[SurrealMusicVideo very bizarre video.]]

* SurrealMusicVideo: The "Sleep Paralysist" video has Alan and some girls sleeping in a house. Sounds normal...but said house has dancing Series/Boohbah dolls, an [[SeldomSeenSpecies axolotl]] in a small tank, some creepy taxidermy, and two identical men playing chess against each other. Then the girl's souls leave their bodies and follow some [[HellishHorse horses with creepy glowing eyes]] (Probably meant as a pun on "nightmare"- they're [[StealthPun night mares]]). This is all justified, as the song is about dreaming, and the video is meant to feel like a dream.

* InTheStyleOf: "Future Sick", from ''Era Extrañia", is a Music/BoardsOfCanada tribute, featuring warbly synths similar to theirs. The later"News From the Sun", from ''VEGA Intl.'', draws heavily on Music/Prince's SignatureStyle.

* SurrealMusicVideo: The "Sleep Paralysist" video has Alan and some girls sleeping in a house. Sounds normal...but said house has dancing Series/Boohbah dolls, an [[SeldomSeenSpecies axolotl]] in a small tank, some creepy taxidermy, and two identical men playing chess against each other. Then the girl's souls leave their bodies and follow some [[HellishHorse horses with creepy glowing eyes]] (Probably meant as a pun on "nightmare"- they're [[SteathPun night mares]]). This is all justified, as the song is about dreaming, and the video is meant to feel like a dream.

* AnimatedMusicVideo: "Fallout", notable for being a collaboration with Creator/AdultSwim (and was available on the AS YouTube channel for a while, before being removed for unknown reasons). It involves a sexy woman with a CoolCar flirting with mechanics, until she takes off her glasses and reveals herself to be a ButterFace.

By the mid-2010s, chillwave was considered a dead genre by most critics and fans. Palomo seemingly agreed, and Neon Indian's first album in 5 years, ''VEGA Intl. Night School'', was a NewSoundAlbum that did away with the dreamy, psychedelic sound of chillwave, while more fully embracing [[{{Retraux}} 1980s aesthetics]] with a dancier disco sound. Critics have compared this to Music/DaftPunk's Music/RandomAccessMemories, another example of and electronic band fully embracing their retro influences.

* ''VEGA Intl. Night School'' (2016)

Neon Indian is an electronica act based in UsefulNotes/Texas, founded in 2008 by Mexican-born Alan Palomo. Palomo is also [[IAmTheBand the only constant member, and does almost all of the studio work]], but is joined by a whole band for live performances. Palomo got into music by accident; while in college studying film, he and his then-girlfriend planned to do LSD one night, but he stood her up. As an apology, he wrote what became the first Neon Indian song, "Should Have Taken Acid With You", and sent it to her. She was very impressed, and told him to keep making music.

The band's first album, 2009's ''Psychic Chasms'', was released right as the "chillwave" subgenere rose to prominence. Chillwave was a GenreMashup combining [[{{Retraux}} 1980s-inspired synth pop]] and newer indie subgenera like lo-fi and shoegaze. Neon Indian, along with Music/WashedOut and Music/ToroYMoi, was named one of the "big three" chillwave acts, and ''Psychic Chasms'' came to be known as the TropeCodifier for the subgenre. The band continued to explore this sound with 2011's ''Era Extrañia''.