![]() ![]() As a lyricist, he tackles themes of isolation (“Solitude is Bliss”) and self-doubt (“Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind”), the mental back-and-forth of finding the right words (“Lucidity”), and the final resolution that you’re actually quite happy living life as an outsider (“I Don’t Really Mind”). As a solo artist, Parker tries to pull the songs in his skull into some sharable form as close to the originals as possible. Innerspeaker is a reference to the voice in one’s head. The beginning of the Tame Impala conversation is just that a conversation. Here, we take a closer look at how his own progression mirrors the story of its era, perhaps to explain how Tame Impala became a voice of this moment. His debut record Innerspeaker was released at the top of the decade, and all three of his albums reached the top 30 in Discogs’ fan-generated Best Albums Of The 2010s list. He has instead gone on to be one of the best-selling and beloved breakout acts of his generation, admired by musicians across genre borders, finding a special sweet-spot in the world of contemporary hip-hop and R&B. He played in many bands before Tame Impala and began the project as a lark, right around the time he’d decided he wouldn’t be a rock star after all and so should probably focus at University. It’s a technique he’s employed since he was 12, having learned from his own guitar-playing father who passed away from cancer before the project’s official debut. Born Kevin Parker, the obsessive creator writes and records Tame Impala’s layered instrumentation himself, sometimes locked in a room alone until his high standards are met. Seemingly-disparate influences mixed in exciting new formulae, the results often delicious, inspiring Gen Z listeners to detest the concept of “genres” altogether.Īmong the icons to emerge this decade, Australian psych-pop maestro Tame Impala best embodies this chameleonic bill. Where once ’70s metal bands met derision for incorporating synthesizers, trailblazers of indie aesthetics found themselves in the studio with hip-hop behemoths, plastic pop divas and all-manner of weirdos. ![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s jump into the last ten years of Tame Impala with Kat Bein. Innerspeaker, Lonerism, and Currents all land within the Top 30 of our 200 Best, Currents landed at #1 on a load of decade lists across the internet, and then there is VICE naming them Artist of the Decade. Tame Impala is where the critic’s and the people’s opinions converge. Editor’s Note: Shining a light on the more prominent artists of the passing decade we’ll be taking a look at the artists who made a monumental impact on the 2010s and landed several albums in our 200 Best Albums Of The 2010s list in a series of pieces through the end of 2019. ![]()
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