[2015-07-17] Tame Impala "Currents" (Modular/Interscope)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:52 pm

Description
Global sensation Tame Impala have announced their highly anticipated third studio album. The 13 track album, Currents was written, recorded, produced and mixed by Kevin Parker in Fremantle, West Australia. Lyrically the record finds Parker in a very different place in 2015 to where he was seven years ago. Transitions in life, relationships, perspectives, mindsets - Currents maps Parker's evolution through these and finds him a brand new person. Musically, Currents sounds like the work of a player on top of his game and having a blast, Parker indulging his whims and unafraid to dive down the rabbit hole after an idea. Again operating as a one man studio band, Parker's resultant record calls to mind contemporary hip hop production, Thriller, fried 70s funk, the irreverent playground Daft Punk presented on Discovery, swathes of future pop and emotional 80s balladry, all filtered through a thoroughly modern psychedelic third eye. A genre-bending soundscape fuelled equally by curiosity as it is consciousness; it's an exhilarating new territory for Tame Impala.

Tracklist
1. Let It Happen
2. Nangs
3. The Moment
4. Yes I'm Changing
5. Eventually
6. Gossip
7. The Less I Know The Better
8. Past Life
9. Disciples
10. 'Cause I'm A Man
11. Reality In Motion
12. Love/Paranoia
13. New Person, Same Old Mistakes

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XBWBWBK/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:52 pm

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

While we're waiting on a new Tame Impala, their fans may want to check out Pond's latest release, Man It Feels Like Space Again. Pond features members of Tame Impala. The music is psych though more loose & less structured than Tame Impala. The domestic album comes out on March 17. I picked up the import as I couldn't wait.

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OMILTVU/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00OMILTVU/?tag=imwan-21

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

I was a huge fan of Tame Impala when they issued their first EP with the song 1/2 glass of wine. The subsequent albums have got worse as each comes along. I thought the last album was more like Lame Impala sadly. Maybe this will be a return to the more guitar based sound that I loved when they first appeared on the scene.

These clips seem to follow the same techno type beat I can't get into.

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

The new album is called Currents.

Another track from it is "'Cause I'm a Man",

Linda · **Posted:** Mon May 18, 2015 7:42 pm

Bump: Added pre-order details for the Currents album to the first post.

Tame Impala have posted two more samples as well:

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I actually like the lead sample track. I have the previous album and EP which I really like so this is a no brainer.

Rick A.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:09 am

Here is the official "live" video for "'Cause I'm A Man":

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:23 pm

Quote:

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker reveals listening to the Bee Gees while on drugs inspired his new album

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala has said that listening to the Bee Gees after taking mushrooms inspired him to change the sound of the music he was making.

The Australian band, synonymous with the psych-rock revival of recent years, release new album 'Currents' later this month. Parker has already discussed the album's more dancefloor-friendly sound and has now revealed the specific moment that pushed him toward that music.

"I was in LA a few years ago and for some reason we’d taken mushrooms, it must have been the end of our tour,” he told The Guardian in a new interview.

"I was coked up as well, and a friend was driving us around LA in this old sedan. He was playing the Bee Gees and it had the most profound emotional effect. I’m getting butterflies just thinking about it. I was listening to 'Staying Alive', a song I’ve heard all my life. At that moment it had this really emotive, melancholy feel to it. The beat felt overwhelmingly strong and, at that moment, it sounded pretty psychedelic. It moved me, and that’s what I always want out of psych music. I want it to transport me."

Parker also suggests that being put in a box as a psych musician was another factor in deciding to go against that grain. "I don’t like the idea that I’m a one-trick pony, even if I am!" he says. "No matter what else I do, I have to make sure that Elephant isn’t Tame Impala’s biggest song anywhere."

Tame Impala release their third album 'Currents' on July 17 following on from 2012's 'Lonerism' and 2010 debut 'Innerspeaker'.

http://www.nme.com/news/tame-impala/86681

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

Amazon isn't showing this available on CD though I know it is. They've also removed the new Iron & Wine from being available on CD, though again I know it is.

Deep Discount has Tame Impala available on CD.

http://www.deepdiscount.com/currents/602547306760

Bye bye Amazon.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:35 pm

Don't go bye-bye, Lawrence. Both discs should be available by or on their release dates. I've explained in a few threads, Amazon has been experiencing systemwide problems with some labels' pre-orders. It's affected a bunch of releases, but they will all be back. Titles which were already pre-ordered before the listings went dormant should still ship out normally.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:27 am

Currents is back now:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XBWBWBK/?tag=imwan-20

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

Cool! I see some mix reviews for the album as there are synths this time round as they take on a more electronic sound. That's fine with me as long as they do it right and from what I've heard thus far, they have.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Just received mine today. Yeah, much more synths but I'm digging it. (Full disclosure here - I used to be a keyboard player). :wink:

[2015-07-17] Tame Impala "Currents" (Modular/Interscope)

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