New music from Tame Impala seems to be on the best way, with Kevin Parker giving followers a preview of recent materials throughout a DJ set in Barcelona.
Parker – who fashioned the Tame Impala mission in Perth, Western Australia in 2007 – gave his devoted followers a taster of new music whereas in Spain over the weekend. Having made an unannounced look at Primavera Sound on Friday (June 6), Parker carried out a shock DJ set the next night time at Barcelona’s Nitsa Membership.
It was throughout this latter set that Parker turned his focus to beforehand unheard materials. “You guys wish to hear a brand new track? “You wish to hear a brand new Tame Impala track?” he requested.
“You’re going to be the primary ones to listen to it, you notice? There’s no going again from this level on, you notice?” he added. “Alright, let’s do it; get snug.”
Notably, the ensuing tune was considerably faraway from what devoted followers might have anticipated from the mission, with it sustaining lots of the dreamy, psychedelic rock influences which have change into synonymous with Parker’s music, although including club-ready beats into the combination.
Because it stands, it’s been 5 years because the final full-length launch from Tame Impala. In February 2020, The Gradual Rush turned the mission’s fourth studio document, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. This was one place greater than the earlier album, 2015’s Currents, which served as a industrial breakthrough for Parker.
Within the time because the final document, Parker has been busy with myriad different initiatives. In 2023, second album Lonerism would obtain a tenth anniversary reissue, and could be adopted by the discharge of the monitor “Journey to the Actual World” for the Barbie soundtrack.
Moreover, Tame Impala would even be credited with remixes of songs from Crowded Home and Elvis Presley, and would seem as a visitor artist on cuts from Diana Ross and Gorillaz.
In 2024, Parker would function a producer and visitor musician for Dua Lipa‘s Radical Optimism album, and would additionally function a visitor artist on two tracks from French outfit Justice‘s Hyperdrama album. A type of collaborations, “Neverender,” would see Parker win his first Grammy for finest dance/digital recording in 2025.