Video: Interview with Neon Trees

Neon Trees interview

Neon Trees is the latest band that seem determined to rescue power pop from extinction and they’re showing no sign of quitting the bubblegum pop-sphere. Habits, so far the only studio album from the Utah-based rock quartet peaked on Billboard’s Alternative Rock Chart with the hit single ‘Animal’, also featured in an episode of popular TV series Glee.

[To read the full interview, visit Time Out Beijing]

Photos: Neon Trees in Beijing

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Tango Goes Animal for the Neon Trees

Finally, the Trees themselves hit the stage. Not to be shown up by their opening acts, the band had the crowd cheering from the very start. Striding onstage in a bright red motorcycle jacket and matching sunglasses, lead vocalist Tyler Glenn wasted no time breaking into a spirited rendition of “Your Surrender.” Though the set list consisted primarily of tracks from their only album, Habits, a few extras—“Calling My Name” and “Phones”—slipped their way in. Particularly notable was the spectacular performance of their hit single Animal, which had the crowd just about to slip into an animal frenzy themselves.

[To read the full review, visit The Beijinger]