Tame Impala
Perth, Australia
Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Black Keys
Sometimes it’s nice to find a band that’s not trying to reinvent the wheel. There are a lot of bands pioneering news sounds, let them do their thing; it’s nice to go back to a familiar sound every once in a while. Tame Impala offer listeners a new take on a genre that’s is reliably awesome: psychedelic rock. They’re not concerned with updating psychedelia with electronic bells and whistles (I’m looking at you Animal Collective), they are a true throwback to the origins of the psychedelic sound. Their sound evokes ripped jeans, psychotropic mushrooms and ironed hair. In case you missed the late 60’s/early 70’s, Tame Impala is giving you a chance to (re)live it.
The two founders of Tame Impala are Kevin Parker (vocals/guitar) and Dominic Simper (bass). They toyed with bedroom recordings of their psych alternative sound from 1999 to 2007. Then they discovered Myspace. They posted their songs, it struck a nerve with a young audience and soon enough Tame Impala became a highly sought after band. In 2008 they were the prize in a label bidding war, and eventually signed to Modular.
They released an EP in September 2008 and then their full-length debut in June 2010 . The blogosphere has shown plenty of love to these Aussie’s rockers, Pitchfork gave them their stamp of approval with a Best New Music, and several smaller blogs have jumped on board as well. They opened up for The Black Keys and MGMT this year, and their popularity only seems to rising. It’s amazing what a recycled sound can do these days.
–Dawson Ludwig
Love the summer daze feel to this song!
Great sound…how come we can’t download a track? Would love to give it a few listens with some more time…