Sweet.. would somebody be as kind as to pm me a link??!!
Re: Tame Impala | Currents
Posted: Sun July 05, 2015 11:27 pm
by zeb
Initial reactions? I'm liking it but there's a lot to go through here.
Re: Tame Impala | Currents
Posted: Mon July 06, 2015 4:32 am
by zeb
Kevin Parker of Tame Impala has said that listening to the Bee Gees after taking mushrooms inspired him to change the sound of the music he was making.
The Australian band, synonymous with the psych-rock revival of recent years, release new album 'Currents' later this month. Parker has already discussed the album's more dancefloor-friendly sound and has now revealed the specific moment that pushed him toward that music.
"I was in LA a few years ago and for some reason we’d taken mushrooms, it must have been the end of our tour,” he told The Guardian in a new interview.
"I was coked up as well, and a friend was driving us around LA in this old sedan. He was playing the Bee Gees and it had the most profound emotional effect. I’m getting butterflies just thinking about it. I was listening to 'Staying Alive', a song I’ve heard all my life. At that moment it had this really emotive, melancholy feel to it. The beat felt overwhelmingly strong and, at that moment, it sounded pretty psychedelic. It moved me, and that’s what I always want out of psych music. I want it to transport me."
Parker also suggests that being put in a box as a pych musician was another factor in deciding to go against that grain. "I don’t like the idea that I’m a one-trick pony, even if I am!" he says. "No matter what else I do, I have to make sure that Elephant isn’t Tame Impala’s biggest song anywhere."
Been listening to this most of the day at work. The big winners in my mind are Eventually, Reality In Motion, Let It Happen (obv), Yes I'm Changing and New Person, Same Old Mistakes. I love the sound of Past Life (it sounds like all of the very best parts of the last Pond record) but I'm finding the Fitter Happier vox a bit iffy.
Re: Tame Impala | Currents
Posted: Mon July 06, 2015 7:54 am
by zeb
Hadn't seen this one before:
Re: Tame Impala | Currents
Posted: Mon July 06, 2015 11:53 pm
by zeb
So either you bozos are listening to this and not posting about it or you're not listening to this.
Re: Tame Impala | Currents
Posted: Mon July 06, 2015 11:53 pm
by Kaius
I haven't grabbed it yet.
Re: Tame Impala | Currents
Posted: Tue July 07, 2015 12:14 am
by zeb
I don't want this to turn into one of those zeb only threads.
Re: Tame Impala | Currents
Posted: Tue July 07, 2015 12:17 am
by i got bugs
Listened 3x, love it as a whole..
Not sure track titles or even numbers cuz when I Bluetooth phone thru stereo nothing comes up on dash..
Really like that less I know song a lot.. I don't think there's a bad song on it actually
