But wait!!! What is this? Snow? Scandinavian architecture? General brooding as opposed to general chilling? Black and white?!?! (That is so post rock) I knew something was up before I even saw the video, considering the album was set for release in Fall. Fall is after chillwave season silly! The video explains it all.
Alan Palomo recorded most of the album in Helsinki, which is where the video is shot as well. Why did he choose to do this? Has he became angsty regarding the volatile buzz/no-buzz lifestyle inherent to a chillwave star? Is this his way of forsaking the blogosphere which helped him gain so much buzz?
It is safe to say Alan Palomo is now the Ian Curtis of chillwave. What shall we deem this new chillwave derived genre? Neo-chillwave? Post-chillwave? Icewave? I have been thinking about it a lot, and without a doubt, I believe the best name would surely be "sno-fi". In fact, I already tagged Neon Indian as sno-fi on last.fm. I would hope everyone else does the same!
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