Altered Zones

"Neon Colony" could have been made by some French crazies in the 1970s, when prog became that all-encompassing juggernaut that vomited liquid shards of over-nourished human psyche all over the place. It was kind of gross, and eventually tiresome. Nowadays, it's always nice when artists take aspects of genres and surprise and challenge you to appreciate something you thought you hated. It's a long process, but eventually you can overcome all prejudice. "Neon Colony" comes out like Subway soundtracking Fantastic Planet. You are going to have to wait until September to hear She was Coloured In, Solar Bears' new LP, in its utterly transfixing entirety. Who says albums are dead? Not the label Planet Mu-- those guys know.

MP3: Solar Bears: "Neon Colony"

She Was Coloured In is out this September on Planet Mu