it's coming. new song is out, todd rundgren-goes-disco vibes. not loving the chorus, but i am loving that cymbal sound― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Thursday, March 21, 2019 11:23 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Oh really liking this! Not at all the kind of sound I was expecting from him but wouldn’t mind at all if the full album has these sort of disco soul percussions throughout instead of a rock one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, March 22, 2019 12:28 AM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
hum... I find it pretty dull after one play...
I'll give it another try but I doubt it will grow on me.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, March 22, 2019 9:11 AM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
I feel like he has really good ideas and is a good producer, but the songwriting seems so lacking. Just like most of Currents, I love the sound of this but not the melody itself.
― kitchen person, Friday, March 22, 2019 9:19 AM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
That description… I'm probably going to like this even less than their last one. I prefer their 60s pastiches, by far.
― pomenitul, Friday, March 22, 2019 9:20 AM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah the songwriting/melodies are weak af !
(agreed about Currents too which I didn't like at all)
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, March 22, 2019 9:24 AM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Kevin Parker a good producer? Ha. The most disappointing thing about the first two Tame Impala albums is that while Parker liked to allude to the 1960s in the music and his vocals, he lacked the skill of the producers on those classics 1960s albums. There is little dynamic range and these albums sound claustrophobic, muffled.
― Melomane, Friday, March 22, 2019 12:51 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
I’m not sure I will get ahold Tame Impala IV. I was disappointed by "Currents" where Parker became much more a generic contemporary electronic act. I remember reading an interview with him when "Currents" was released where he complained that he had never heard Tame Impala played in a club, so he wanted to make an album that could be played in clubs. Do most listeners of the first two albums really care about clubs? I think Kevin Parker got sucked into a celebrity culture where clubs are a big thing, and that had an effect on his output.
― Melomane, Friday, March 22, 2019 12:54 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ok I gave it another try and it’s just 5min of... nothing !
There’s no song and no musical hooks...
Once it’s over I don’t remember anything (except maybe the arpeggiated synth... that reminds me of AC’s « my girls » !)
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, March 22, 2019 1:17 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is even crummier than I expected. Hard pass on their next LP.
― pomenitul, Friday, March 22, 2019 1:29 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Do most listeners of the first two albums really care about clubs?
This. I really like the first 2 albums, but at no point have I ever been listening to them and thought "this is good and all, but what I really wonder is what his take on soft roller-rink disco might sound like?"
― One Eye Open, Friday, March 22, 2019 1:51 PM (ten months ago) bookmarkflaglink
one month passes...
I love Patience and it’s the first Tame Impala song I’ve felt this way about so \o/
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7:33 PM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink
I like Borderline
― nashwan, Wednesday, May 22, 2019 2:56 AM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink
I mean I haven’t been to keen on this band but psychedelic beegees by way of chemical brothers festival music is exactly what I need this year to get ready for summer.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:39 AM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink
^this is exactly how i feel. enjoying the two new tracks a lot right now
― mizzell, Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:23 AM (eight months ago) bookmarkflaglink