# Psychic Chasms

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Psychic Chasms
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Neon Indian](/source/Neon_Indian)
| cover      = Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms.png
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2009|10|13}}
| recorded   = 2009
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [Chillwave](/source/Chillwave)<ref name="guardian"/>
* [indie pop](/source/indie_pop)<ref name="AMReview"/>
* [electropop](/source/electropop)<ref name="P4k"/>
| length     = 30:46
| label      = Lefse
| producer   = Alan Palomo
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian](/source/The_Flaming_Lips_with_Neon_Indian)
| next_year  = 2011
}}
{{Music ratings
| ADM = 7.4/10<ref name="adm">{{Cite web |title=''Psychic Chasms'' by Neon Indian reviews |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/744/Neon-Indian--Psychic-Chasms.aspx |access-date=2026-02-11 |website= |publisher=AnyDecentMusic?}}</ref>
| MC = 81/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/psychic-chasms/neon-indian |title=Reviews for Psychic Chasms by Neon Indian |website=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) |accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMReview">{{cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/psychic-chasms-mw0001339555 |title=Psychic Chasms – Neon Indian |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)''
| rev2score = A<ref>{{cite web |last=Martins |first=Chris |url=https://www.avclub.com/neon-indian-psychic-chasms-1798164085 |title=Neon Indian: ''Psychic Chasms'' |work=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) |date=January 5, 2010 |access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Beats Per Minute](/source/Beats_Per_Minute_(website))''
| rev3Score = 82%<ref name = "BeatsPM">{{cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Katherine |url=https://beatsperminute.com/album-review-neon-indian-psychic-chasms/ |title=Album Review: Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms |website=[Beats Per Minute](/source/Beats_Per_Minute_(website)) |date=December 4, 2009 |accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[Consequence of Sound](/source/Consequence_of_Sound)''
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="COS">{{cite web |last=Balderrama |first=Anthony |url=https://consequence.net/2009/10/album-review-neon-indian-psychic-chasms/ |title=Album Review: Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms |website=[Consequence of Sound](/source/Consequence_of_Sound) |date=October 19, 2010 |accessdate=August 21, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510174110/https://consequence.net/2009/10/album-review-neon-indian-psychic-chasms/ |archivedate=May 10, 2012}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)''
| rev5score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Sean |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14886/reviews/4138421 |title=Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms |website=[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound) |date=November 18, 2009 |accessdate=September 29, 2014 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716004033/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14886/reviews/4138421 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''
| rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="guardian">{{cite web |last=Cragg |first=Michael |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/16/neon-india-psychic-chasms-cd-review|title=Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=October 16, 2010 |accessdate=August 21, 2015}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev7score = 8.6/10<ref name="P4k">{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13510-psychic-chasms/ |title=Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms |website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |date=October 13, 2009 |accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)''
| rev8score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Dan |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/115054-neon-indian-psychic-chasms/ |title=Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms |website=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |date=November 5, 2009 |accessdate=September 29, 2014 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140929054539/http://www.popmatters.com/review/115054-neon-indian-psychic-chasms/ |archivedate=September 29, 2014}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="spin">{{cite web |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/neon-indian-psychic-chasms-lefse |title=Neon Indian, 'Psychic Chasms' (Lefse) |work=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine)) |date=October 6, 2009 |accessdate=November 16, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115212813/http://spin.com/reviews/neon-indian-psychic-chasms-lefse |archivedate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[Under the Radar](/source/Under_the_Radar_(magazine))''
| rev10score = 8/10<ref>Alan Palomo's beautiful debut full-length as Neon Indian is a dirty backpack full of distorted synths, hissy cassette tape production, and 8-bit highlights that come together to make an incredibly successful album of druggy, nostalgic, emotionally complex electropop. [Holiday 2009, p.79]</ref>
}}

'''''Psychic Chasms''''' is the debut studio album by American [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) band [Neon Indian](/source/Neon_Indian), released on October 13, 2009, by Lefse Records. ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' placed the album at number 14 on its list of Top 50 Albums of 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/4/ |title=The Top 50 Albums of 2009 |website=Pitchfork |date=December 17, 2009 |accessdate=September 29, 2014 |archive-date=September 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926080502/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/4/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> while [Rhapsody](/source/Rhapsody_(online_music_service)) ranked it at number 17 on its list of 25 Best Albums of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/12/best-albums-of-2009.html |title=The 25 Best Albums of 2009 |publisher=[Rhapsody](/source/Rhapsody_(online_music_service)) |date=December 29, 2009 |accessdate=July 31, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115060622/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/12/best-albums-of-2009.html |archivedate=January 15, 2010}}</ref>

A special edition of the album, titled ''Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed'', was released digitally on August 31, 2010, and physically on September 28 by [Fader Label](/source/Fader_Label), including a set of nine bonus remixes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040JALKQ |title=Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed: Neon Indian: MP3 Downloads |website=[Amazon](/source/Amazon_(company)) |location=United States |accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003Z41F3Y |title=Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed (Dig) |website=Amazon |location=United States |accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the special edition was released on September 28, 2010, by Static Tongues and added the track "Sleep Paralysist", while omitting two remixes.<ref name="uk-release">{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/39521-yacht-antlers-toro-y-moi-javelin-remixes-on-neon-indian-uk-release/ |title=YACHT, Antlers, Toro Y Moi, Javelin Remixes on Neon Indian UK Release |website=Pitchfork |date=July 23, 2010 |accessdate=September 29, 2014}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [Alan Palomo](/source/Alan_Palomo)
| total_length = 30:36

| title1 = (AM)
| length1 = 0:25

| title2 = Deadbeat Summer
| length2 = 4:03

| title3 = Laughing Gas
| length3 = 1:43

| title4 = Terminally Chill
| length4 = 3:34

| title5 = (If I Knew, I'd Tell You)
| length5 = 0:48

| title6 = 6669 (I Don't Know If You Know)
| length6 = 3:21

| title7 = Should Have Taken Acid with You
| length7 = 2:21

| title8 = Mind, Drips
| length8 = 3:09

| title9 = Psychic Chasms
| length9 = 4:06

| title10 = Local Joke
| length10 = 3:27

| title11 = Ephemeral Artery
| length11 = 2:52

| title12 = 7000 (Reprise)
| length12 = 0:57
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed'' bonus tracks
| total_length = 63:06

| title13 = Deadbeat Summer
| note13 = [Toro y Moi](/source/Toro_y_Moi) Remix
| length13 = 2:59

| title14 = Should Have Taken Acid with You
| note14 = Body Language Remix
| length14 = 3:19

| title15 = (If I Knew, I'd Tell You)
| note15 = [Javelin](/source/Javelin_(band)) Remix
| length15 = 3:10

| title16 = Mind, Drips
| note16 = [Bibio](/source/Bibio) Remix
| length16 = 4:13

| title17 = Terminally Chill
| note17 = [Yacht](/source/Yacht_(band)) Remix
| length17 = 3:53

| title18 = Ephemeral Artery
| note18 = Darby Cicci of [The Antlers](/source/The_Antlers_(band)) – Fresh Breath Remix
| length18 = 3:01

| title19 = Psychic Chasms
| note19 = [Twin Shadow](/source/Twin_Shadow) Cover
| length19 = 3:08

| title20 = Local Joke
| note20 = [Dntel](/source/Dntel) Mix
| length20 = 3:52

| title21 = Psychic Chasms
| note21 = Anoraak Remix
| length21 = 4:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Mind Ctrl: Psychic Chasms Possessed'' bonus tracks (UK edition)<ref name="uk-release"/>
| total_length = 59:47

| title13 = Sleep Paralysist
| length13 = 4:34

| title14 = Deadbeat Summer
| note14 = Toro y Moi Remix
| length14 = 2:59

| title15 = Should Have Taken Acid with You
| note15 = Body Language Remix
| length15 = 3:19

| title16 = (If I Knew, I'd Tell You)
| note16 = Javelin Remix
| length16 = 3:10

| title17 = Mind, Drips
| note17 = Bibio Remix
| length17 = 4:13

| title18 = Terminally Chill
| note18 = Yacht Remix
| length18 = 3:53

| title19 = Ephemeral Artery
| note19 = Darby Cicci of The Antlers – Fresh Breath Remix
| length19 = 3:01

| title20 = Local Joke
| note20 = Dntel Mix
| length20 = 3:52
}}

'''Sample credits'''
* "Deadbeat Summer" contains a sample of "[Izzat Love?](/source/Todd_(album))" by [Todd Rundgren](/source/Todd_Rundgren).<ref name="dallas">{{cite web |last=Freedman |first=Pete |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/todd-rundgren-dedicates-his-latest-album-to-memory-of-the-late-frankie-45-7052988 |title=Todd Rundgren Dedicates His Latest Album to Memory of the Late Frankie 45 |work=[Dallas Observer](/source/Dallas_Observer) |date=September 16, 2011 |accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>
* "Local Joke" contains a sample of "[How About a Little Fanfare?](/source/Todd_(album))" by Todd Rundgren.<ref name="dallas"/>

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Psychic Chasms''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Psychic Chasms |type=liner notes |others=[Neon Indian](/source/Neon_Indian) |publisher=Lefse Records |year=2009 |id=LEFSE001}}</ref>

* [Alan Palomo](/source/Alan_Palomo) – recording, production
* Ronald Gierhart – guitar on "Terminally Chill" and "Ephemeral Artery"

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2009)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|26|artist=Neon Indian|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|11|artist=Neon Indian|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Neon Indian}}

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Category:2009 debut albums
Category:Neon Indian albums
Category:Albums produced by Alan Palomo

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