The sounds they are exploring on their upcoming album, "Currents", and their previous explorations on their breakout album, "Lonerism", mix together sounds of the 70s, 80s, current electronica, and the lead frontman Kevin Parker's voice, and bring out the colors of sound in an exciting way. And Tame Impala brings that something different to the table - a unique electronic-driven alternative rock sound that blends together in a truly inventive way. With so much that sounds the same on the radio and popular Hot100 playlists on Spotify, I naturally gravitate towards sounds that are unique and bring an interesting perspective to the sonic palette. Most excitingly I feel there's still a lot of untapped potential to make this act an even bigger crowd pleaser in the future! In sum Tame Impala put on a great show Saturday night at the lovely Fox venue in Oakland and I hope to see them again soon. The show started off with some of more chill tracks, warming up the audience with songs like "Be Above It." From there it built up to the energetic highs of "Elephant" before having us drift away on the brain wave beauty of the hit "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards." While there was definitely more of the "Lonerism" album than not, I felt the show was a good balance between their older material and the newer hits. Lastly the set list was very well crafted. This wasn't an annoyance but definitely an area I feel that could use improvement, though it's possible they were just tired after back to back performance nights. As implied by the lighting choice, there was very little interaction with the crowd, only a brief mention of performing at the venue before and a "Hello San Francisco".even though we were in Oakland? I like it when bands engage with the audience to some degree, even if it's just gauging their reaction to a song, but not if it's a silly joke about how you can get the lead's t-shirt at the merch booth. It was a bit seizure inducing at times and the band was very darkly lit for the entire show but I can appreciate this artistic choice as it forces to audience to absorb the music and not focus on the individual performers. The lights were appropriately psychedelic with a retro oscilloscope feel to them and plenty of neon tie-dye action. And while synths are key to the band's sound, I was hoping the mix would focus equally if not more on the rock element of the band as they tend to perform better live than the keys. The entire show sounded too much like a wall of sound making it very difficult to pick out anything, especially Kevin Parker's vocals which were almost impossible to make out, providing only the melody and no words at best. However my greatest disappointment was the sound mix, especially considering it was their second night and you'd hope they'd key that in. I was happy to see they had two nights, the band must be doing very well as our Saturday night show was packed. All in all I'd say the show was good but was needing in some key areas. The psychedelic synths accompanied by rocking guitars are great to relax to but I didn't quite know what to expect from their live show. Their sound is straight 60s progressive rock.
Tame Impala is a raucous time machine of a band. Now they are a live and festival staple meaning more and more people are witnessing the transition Tame Impala’s music makes, from the mind of Kevin Parker to stages around the world. Its release was met with universal acclaim and went on to be dubbed the album of the year by the NME and other publications and even got a Grammy nod. This momentum carried through into the release of their follow up album ‘Lonerism’ which represented an expanding sound for the band and far eclipsed the successes of the previous album. A ‘Best New Music’ title from Pitchfork was just some of the praise the album received, also picking up awards for ‘album of the year’ from places like Triple J. This all led up to the release of their debut album ‘Innerspeaker’ which was a huge success not only in their native Australia but the UK and US too.
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Kevin Parker bounced between a number of acts in the Perth scene before some home recordings he posted on Myspace under the name ‘Tame Impala’ earned him some label attention, eventually going on to sign a deal with Modular Recordings.Ī self-titled EP was released in 2008 which had some success in the Australian Independent charts and even garnered some radio time for singles like ‘Half Full Glass of Wine’.Īfter enlisting the help of a few other musicians including Dominic Simper on bass and Jay Watson on drums, Kevin and Tame Impala spent most of 20 touring and playing shows with the likes of The Black Keys and MGMT.
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