Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has revealed more details about what to expect from the group’s forthcoming third album.
The Perth-based outfit release third album ‘Currents’ on July 17 via Fiction, following 2012’s ‘Lonerism’ and 2010 debut ‘Innerspeaker’. Having recently described the LP as both “groove-based” and “club-friendly”, Parker has now stated that he was “more open minded” whilst recording ‘Currents’.
Speaking in a new interview with DIY, Parker said: “I thought [‘Lonerism’] was pop with a psychedelic pinch to it. I guess I have the same sentiment with this album,” adding: “Every melody I’ve ever written is a pop melody. For me, pop is a flavour that you can bring in and out of a song, it’s like an ingredient. If you’re a chef, you sprinkle in a bit. In the last few years, being in the music game, it makes you realise those ‘rules’ are boundaries.”
The singer added: “I was a lot more open minded [on ‘Currents’]. On previous albums I’ve been interested in making old albums sound new, or trying to redirect new elements into the old. This time I felt that might be restricting my arsenal. I bought one of those giant workstation synthesisers, you know, like a Justin Timberlake-type artist, just to see what would happen. I thought, fuck it.”
Ahead of the album’s July release, Tame Impala have so far revealed the tracks ‘Cause I’m A Man’, ‘Disciples’, ‘Eventually’ and ‘Let It Happen’.
The ‘Currents’ tracklisting is as follows:
‘Let It Happen’
‘Nangs’
‘The Moment’
‘Yes I’m Changing’
‘Eventually’
‘Gossip’
‘The Less I Know The Better’
‘Past Life’
‘Disciples’
‘Cause I’m A Man’
‘Reality In Motion’
‘Love/Paranoia’
‘New Person, Same Old Mistakes’
Tame Impala will play a handful of UK and Ireland dates later this year. They are as follows:
End Of The Road Festival (5)
Glasgow Barrowland (8)
Liverpool Olympia (9)
Isle of Wight Bestival (10)
