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 Tame Impala performing in 2019 at Flow Festival | |
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| Origin | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Spinoffs | Pond |
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| Website | tameimpala |
Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker.[6] In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parker (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Dominic Simper (guitar, synthesiser), Jay Watson (synthesiser, vocals, guitar), Cam Avery (bass guitar, vocals, synthesizer), and Julien Barbagallo (drums, vocals). The group has a close affiliation with fellow Australian psychedelic rock band Pond, sharing members and collaborators, including Nick Allbrook, formerly a live member of Tame Impala. Originally signed to Modular Recordings, Tame Impala is now signed to Interscope Records in the United States[7] and Fiction Records in the UK.
Parker originally conceived the project in Perth in 2007. After a series of singles and EPs, Tame Impala's debut studio album, Innerspeaker, was released in 2010; it was certified gold in Australia and well received by critics. Parker's 2012 follow-up, Lonerism, was also acclaimed, reaching platinum status in Australia and receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. Tame Impala's third album, Currents, was released in July 2015,[8] and like its predecessor, it won ARIA Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year. Parker won the APRA Award for Song of the Year 2016 for Currents' first track, "Let It Happen".[9] The fourth studio album, The Slow Rush, was released on 14 February 2020. At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards, Tame Impala won five awards.
- ^ Gregory Heaney (8 October 2012). "Lonerism – Tame Impala | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Tame Impala". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ Hyden, Steven (7 March 2019). "Will This Be The Year That Tame Impala Becomes One Of The World's Biggest Bands?". Uproxx. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (23 September 2020). "Watch Tame Impala Go Full Synthpop, Playing 'Borderline' on Fallon". Stereogum. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Andrew Hatt (18 December 2018). "A New Trip for a New Era: The Neo-Psychedelia Explosion of the 2010s". Backyard Collusions. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Tame Impala | Biography, Albums, & Streaming Radio | AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "Tame Impala Discuss New Album 'Currents', Release Album Artwork and New Track 'Cause I'm A Man' [LISTEN] : Genres". Music Times. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Tame Impala-"Eventually"". DeVille, Chris. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015.
- ^ Brandle, Lars (6 April 2016). "Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Win Big at APRA Awards". Billboard. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.