I want to be the Johnny Appleseed of the Sleigh Bells. The song “Rill Rill” is a current favourite of sexual energy. Not even sexual… more like first date, holding-hands and watching Titanic on the couch energy.
If I made a makeout jams playlist. Side one, track one is Sleigh Bells “Rill Rill.”
When she gets going on about the braces and her boyfriend’s opinion… well I just hope it is more innocent than maybe its intended to be.
I had a pile of excitement when A) we added Sleigh Bells to the feature rotation here at The Zone and B) they are playing in Vancouver at the Vogue on May 25th. I don’t know if I;d be lucky enough to go, but if I do… the opening band also has my ear.
Neon Indian is a group I have played tons during my lounge sets at Veneto. if I remember correctly, they were never a chillwave group my fellow chillwaver Huckdoll could get behind… but then, maybe she DID take acid with you, took her clothes off and jumped int he swimming pool. Sadly, I did not… and so the regret lingers. And that is what makes the Neon Indian song, “Should Have Taken Acid With You” so great (to me). Hipster regret.
Neon Indian – “Should Have Taken Acid With You”
Download MP3>> Neon Indian – Should Have Taken Acid With You
The lyrics are so simple… and yet the story so poignant. Why didn’t you take acid with you ex-girlfriend Alan? maybe she wouldn’t now be an ex?
But then, because you didn’t, you wrote an apology… that apology became a song and now you’re Neon Indian.
Crazy that Alan comes to that fork in the road in life. Path is chosen, or chosen for him… and here we are.
Maybe he does the easy thing but then without the challenge, there would be no art? Maybe he does the art but misses out on something else?
Whoa.
And I love the mighty remix.
Neon Indian – “Should Have Taken Acid With You” (Future Rock Remix)
Download MP3>> Neon Indian – Should Have Taken Acid With You (Future Rock Remix)
Now I might be too old to be dropping some acid… but the sentiment remains… you should probably do it. Sometimes the world calls for bold action… or not… but then write a really good song about it.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
both are playing sasquatch
-Tyson
it will be a bloody miracle if I make it to Sasquatch. and likely won’t as I’ll just be a buzz kill for my wife going on a “girls trip.”
Ok, it’s actually kind of fun and I understand what it’s about … people who did these mind altering drugs together in the early days are totally cosmically connected. They were such sweet and sacred moments of youth where absolutely nothing mattered except the feel of everything.
Apparently Neon Indian is a whole new level of nostalgic weirdness for me!
Not that I would know anything about acid or pools.
‘Shrooms and Sasamat Lake is another story completely 🙂
I just love the tale… its true and its about an ex girlfriend… and the song was his first he made… as an apology and she encouraged him to form… neon Indian. wow.