tame impala - 2019 album

it's coming. new song is out, todd rundgren-goes-disco vibes. not loving the chorus, but i am loving that cymbal sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc

Oh really liking this! Not at all the kind of sound I was expecting from him but wouldn’t mind at all if the full album has these sort of disco soul percussions throughout instead of a rock one.

hum... I find it pretty dull after one play...
I'll give it another try but I doubt it will grow on me.

I feel like he has really good ideas and is a good producer, but the songwriting seems so lacking. Just like most of Currents, I love the sound of this but not the melody itself.

That description… I'm probably going to like this even less than their last one. I prefer their 60s pastiches, by far.

Yeah the songwriting/melodies are weak af !
(agreed about Currents too which I didn't like at all)

Kevin Parker a good producer? Ha. The most disappointing thing about the first two Tame Impala albums is that while Parker liked to allude to the 1960s in the music and his vocals, he lacked the skill of the producers on those classics 1960s albums. There is little dynamic range and these albums sound claustrophobic, muffled.

I’m not sure I will get ahold Tame Impala IV. I was disappointed by "Currents" where Parker became much more a generic contemporary electronic act. I remember reading an interview with him when "Currents" was released where he complained that he had never heard Tame Impala played in a club, so he wanted to make an album that could be played in clubs. Do most listeners of the first two albums really care about clubs? I think Kevin Parker got sucked into a celebrity culture where clubs are a big thing, and that had an effect on his output.

Ok I gave it another try and it’s just 5min of... nothing !
There’s no song and no musical hooks...
Once it’s over I don’t remember anything (except maybe the arpeggiated synth... that reminds me of AC’s « my girls » !)

This is even crummier than I expected. Hard pass on their next LP.

Do most listeners of the first two albums really care about clubs?

This. I really like the first 2 albums, but at no point have I ever been listening to them and thought "this is good and all, but what I really wonder is what his take on soft roller-rink disco might sound like?"

I love Patience and it’s the first Tame Impala song I’ve felt this way about so \o/

I like Borderline

I mean I haven’t been to keen on this band but psychedelic beegees by way of chemical brothers festival music is exactly what I need this year to get ready for summer.

^this is exactly how i feel. enjoying the two new tracks a lot right now

i guess this is thread should read 'tame impala - 2020 album'

anyway, here's the new track, which is fine? it takes about 3 minutes to get to the good bit. i admire the guy's dedication to making what sounds like a megabudget todd rundgren album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soLfJqnptgc