Vega Intl. Night School

Vega Intl. Night School
Studio album by Neon Indian
Released	October 16, 2015
Genre	Chillwave synthpop disco neo-psychedelia new wave vaporwave
Length	51:21
Label	Mom + Pop, Transgressive
Neon Indian chronology
Errata Anex (2013) Vega Intl. Night School (2015)
Singles from VEGA INTL. Night School
"Annie" Released: May 26, 2015 "Slumlord" Released: August 13, 2015 "The Glitzy Hive" Released: October 8, 2015

Vega Intl. Night School is the third album by American electronic music band Neon Indian. It was announced on August 13, 2015, and was released on October 16, 2015. The album title was an intentional nod to Alan Palomo's other music project, titled VEGA, for which he has produced only a single EP. Noticing that ideas from both Neon Indian and VEGA were merging, Palomo decided to combine the two projects into one and retire the use of the VEGA moniker.^[1]

Critical reception

Vega Intl. Night School garnered critical acclaim from music critics, receiving a weighted mean of 79 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on 17 reviews.^[2] Praising "the most rewarding of danceable peaks" in record's middle section, Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! wrote that "Palomo's four-year absence has yielded a flashy, fun record with welcome diversity".^[3]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	A-[5]
Consequence of Sound	B[6]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[7]
Exclaim!	7/10[3]
musicOMH	[8]
Pitchfork	8.6/10 [9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2015	2015	35[12]

Track listing

All music composed by Neon Indian.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hit Parade"	1:05
2.	"Annie"	4:03
3.	"Street Level"	4:02
4.	"Smut!"	3:27
5.	"Bozo"	1:23
6.	"The Glitzy Hive"	3:51
7.	"Dear Skorpio Magazine"	3:56
8.	"Slumlord"	5:15
9.	"Slumlord's Re-lease"	2:25
10.	"Techno Clique"	4:32
11.	"Baby's Eyes"	6:26
12.	"C'est la vie (Say the Casualties!)"	3:03
13.	"61 Cygni Ave"	4:04
14.	"News From the Sun (Live Bootleg)"	3:53
Total length:		51:21

Japanese edition bonus track[13]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Smiley Sticker"	2:51

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[14]	100
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[15]	14

References

1. "The Director's Chair: A Chat with Neon Indian's Alan Palomo - Consequence of Sound". Consequence of Sound.
2. "Reviews for VEGA INTL. Night School by Neon Indian". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
3. Slingerland, Calum (October 19, 2015). "Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
4. "Vega Intl. Night School – Neon Indian". Allmusic. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
5. Partridge, Kenneth (October 16, 2015). "Neon Indian dances itself clean of the chillwave tag once and for all". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
6. Geffen, Sasha (October 15, 2015). "Album Review: Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
7. Miller, Kellan. Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School. Drowned In Sound. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 06 November 2015.
8. White, Chris. Neon Indian – VEGA INTL. Night School. musicOMH 10 October 2015. Retrieved 07 November 2015.
9. Cohen, Ian (October 14, 2015). "Neon Indian: VEGA INTL. Night School". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
10. "Critic Reviews for VEGA INTL. Night School - Metacritic". Metacritic.
11. Pagnani, Renato. Neon Indian: VEGA INTL. Night School. Rolling Stone. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 06 November 2015.
12. "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Pitchfork. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
13. http://www.discogs.com/Neon-Indian-VEGA-INTL-Night-School/release/7622120/
14. "Neon Indian – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Neon Indian. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
15. "Neon Indian – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Neon Indian. Retrieved October 27, 2015.