“Not directly but I think it was kind of fitting,” Kev explained. 'There’s at least one other song with congas,' he confirmed, jokingly adding that 'there is between one and all the rest of the songs with congas.”Īnd no, calling Tame Impala's first new material in four years ‘Patience’ wasn't some kind of calculated in-joke. However, Kevin did reveal that if you've got a hankering for more percussion after 'Patience', you're in luck. He said we'd 'quite possibly' be seeing things at Splendour that we won't see at their Coachella show but wouldn’t reveal when Tame Impala’s new album and follow-up to Currents would be dropping, saying that “everything is up in the air until the album is finished.” “Put it this way, we’re flying by the seat of our pants now but I think by the time Splendour comes we’ll be a well-oiled machine.” That's how Kev reacted when he joined Ben & Liam on triple j Breakfast for the epic line-up announce.Īfter making their live return on SNL with new song 'Borderline', Parker and his live crew are about to headline Coachella festival, which he’s kind of treating as a bit of a warm-up for Splendour. But Kevin Parker's excited by some other acts on the bill. One thing we can say for sure: This song will sound absolutely massive when Parker headlines Coachella next month.This morning, Tame Impala were revealed as one of this year’s Splendour In The Grass headliners, alongside Childish Gambino and Chance The Rapper. The press release for “Patience” mentions Seventies disco and Nineties house as key influences, and those are in the mix for sure ”” this might be the most he’s ever sounded like the Bee Gees at their imperial peak ”” but there are also traces of the big-hearted 2000s rave vibes heard on Animal Collective’sÂ Merriweather Post Pavilion. “Has it really been that long?/Did I count your days wrong?” Parker sings airily over a bright, colorful piano groove. “Patience” takes the sleek studio advances ofÂ CurrentsÂ and leapfrogs further: If that album was where Kevin Parker went from a heady bedroom artist to the kind of songwriter and producer who shows up onÂ a Rihanna album, then “Patience” shows him fully comfortable in his expanded horizons, reaching even further toward the stars. The wait is over: Four years afterÂ Tame ImpalaÂ leveled up to a new tier of sparkling psychedelic pop with 2015’sÂ Currents, the Australian act has released a new single.

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