REVIEW: Tame Impala Returns with a Genre Shift in Newest Album

REVIEW: Tame Impala returns with a genre shift in newest album

Tame Impala's newest album "Deadbeat" released Oct. 17, marking the end of Kevin Parker's five year hiatus but a new musical era. The album had three singles, "End of Summer" , "Loser", "Dracula". Straying from his usual psychedelic pop or rock sound, this album is more house or electronic dance music compared to its contemporary's.

Tame Impala explores new musical direction in new album ‘Deadbeat’

Tame Impala, the one-man musical project of Kevin Parker, released a new album “Deadbeat” Oct. 17. Following Parker’s 2020 record, “The Slow Rush,” “Deadbeat” takes on a new persona and diverts from Tame Impala’s usual psychedelic rock. While maintaining some of the elements that create Parker’s signature musical dreamscape, the album adopts a more electronic...

‘Deadbeat:’ a Swing and a Miss

Photo Courtesy / YouTube Tame Impala Finding our true selves sometimes disappoints those who grew accustomed to how we used to be.  “Deadbeat,” the fifth studio album of Kevin Parker’s musical project, Tame Impala, perfectly demonstrates this reality. Before he began working on the record, Parker had come out of a lot of producing and, as a result, lost a lot of his creative juices. “I had kind of forgotten what it felt like to be my own artist,…

Tame Impala Returns With Fifth Studio Album “Deadbeat”!

It’s been a while since Kevin Parker took us on one of his dreamy sonic trips, but this time, the Tame Impala mastermind is back with a sound made for the dancefloor. His fifth studio album, “Deadbeat”, is a shimmering return that reimagines his signature psychedelic touch through the lens of rave culture. Instead of floating among the clouds, Parker’s now kicking up dust. “Deadbeat” dives deep into Australia’s bush doof scene, the underground o…