Proudly carrying the old-school-psychedelic-rock flag, Tame Impala is a quartet hailing from Perth, Australia. Few days ago I've heard their May 2010 dated debut Innerspeaker, and got stunned by the first listen. With echoing vocals, trippy drumming, and guitars immersed in the flanger effect; this is true psychedelic music. It is quite hard not to recall the Beatles of the late 60's, in their psychedelic era, when listening to Tame Impala. The frontman Kevin Parker's overall singing voice and pronounciation of certain words when singing, sounds a lot like John Lennon.
From beginning to end, Innerspeaker sounds like it belongs to some other decade. It's a nice thing to see a band stepping up, producing a certain era's music with a modern twist and hence drawing a unique path of their own. Nowadays there are numerous artists that label themselves as "psychedelic", but after listening to Tame Impala, I realized how the term 'psychedelic music' has lost it's true meaning. Just give these Aussies a listen. You won't regret.
Tame Impala is currently on a U.S. tour, supporting MGMT. A detailed tour schedule and more information about the band could be found on www.tameimpala.com .
A live performance of the track 'Solitude is Bliss':
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