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Tame Impala’s new album 'Lonerism' is out next week worldwide, 8th October in the UK, all via Modular Recordings. To ready yourself for the release, take a look at this intimate snapshot of the last two years of the life of Kevin Parker and his band, Tame Impala.
Watch the 'Lonerism' webisode here:
Hear 'Lonerism' in all it's kaleidoscopic pop glory here exclusively in Europe on The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...m-album-stream
'Lonerism' is out today in Australia, October 8th in UK, October 9th in the USA. The art was co-created by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker and previous artistic collaborator Leif Podhajsky.
You can now pre-order the strictly limited edition 'Lonerism' Official Deluxe Edition. This includes a gatefold double coloured turquoise vinyl LP, CD album digipak, 7" vinyl featuring previously unreleased 'Beverly Laurel', a double-sided poster featuring album cover image and message from the band and 3 button badges. All packaged in a custom designed box and is expected to ship at the end October.
Again recorded and produced almost entirely by Kevin Parker in studios, planes, hotels and homes around the world, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips / MGMT), 'Lonerism'’s sound is not so much reinvented as completely redrafted and stretched way, way out. It’s a quantum leap forward for the band, the seeds of which were sown shortly after their debut album ‘Innerspeaker’ was mixed.
Featuring twelve new songs, 'Lonerism'’s most apparent advance is in its synthesizers – there’s swathes of them cutting melancosmic shapes across almost every track. There’s still the searing guitar lines, bouldering drums, free bass and of course Parker’s voice, but now there’s heavily mournful pads and sunshine lead lines from an army of analogue explorers in the mix.
'Lonerism' follows on from their 2010 ‘Innerspeaker’ debut which was welcomed by fans the world over and won Tame Impala many critical nods including both Rolling Stone Australia and Triple J’s Album Of The Year, a top 50 placing in the Best of 2010 lists of Pitchfork and Stereogum.
Current single ‘Elephant’ is a blistering stomp through the band’s psychedelic jungle, watch this analog synthesized video made by artist Yoshi Sodeoka, with live footage provided by The Silentlights:
This single, with remixes by Todd Rundgren and Canyons, is now available digitally worldwide.
Tame Impala embark on a world tour this Autumn, starting off at Parklife in Brisbane, Australia on the 6th October. The Lonerism tour reaches the UK at the end of October, full details of all the UK/EU dates are below. Support comes from The Amazing and Young Dreams:
TAME IMPALA UK + EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Sun 14 Oct. Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
Mon 15 Oct. Paris, France - Bataclan
Tue 16 Oct. Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
Wed 17 Oct. Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
Fri 19 Oct. Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
Sat 20 Oct, Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
Mon 22 Oct. Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
Tue 23 Oct. Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
Thu 25 Oct. Vienna, Austria - Fluc
Fri 26 Oct. Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
Sat 27 Oct. Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
Mon 29 Oct. Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
Tue 30 Oct. London, UK - Brixton Academy - get tickets
Thu 01 Nov. Manchester, UK - Ritz - get tickets
Fri 02 Nov. Sheffield, UK - Leadmill - get tickets
Sat 03 Nov. Glasgow, UK - ABC - get tickets
Watch the 'Lonerism' webisode here:
Hear 'Lonerism' in all it's kaleidoscopic pop glory here exclusively in Europe on The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...m-album-stream
'Lonerism' is out today in Australia, October 8th in UK, October 9th in the USA. The art was co-created by Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker and previous artistic collaborator Leif Podhajsky.
You can now pre-order the strictly limited edition 'Lonerism' Official Deluxe Edition. This includes a gatefold double coloured turquoise vinyl LP, CD album digipak, 7" vinyl featuring previously unreleased 'Beverly Laurel', a double-sided poster featuring album cover image and message from the band and 3 button badges. All packaged in a custom designed box and is expected to ship at the end October.
Again recorded and produced almost entirely by Kevin Parker in studios, planes, hotels and homes around the world, and mixed by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips / MGMT), 'Lonerism'’s sound is not so much reinvented as completely redrafted and stretched way, way out. It’s a quantum leap forward for the band, the seeds of which were sown shortly after their debut album ‘Innerspeaker’ was mixed.
Featuring twelve new songs, 'Lonerism'’s most apparent advance is in its synthesizers – there’s swathes of them cutting melancosmic shapes across almost every track. There’s still the searing guitar lines, bouldering drums, free bass and of course Parker’s voice, but now there’s heavily mournful pads and sunshine lead lines from an army of analogue explorers in the mix.
'Lonerism' follows on from their 2010 ‘Innerspeaker’ debut which was welcomed by fans the world over and won Tame Impala many critical nods including both Rolling Stone Australia and Triple J’s Album Of The Year, a top 50 placing in the Best of 2010 lists of Pitchfork and Stereogum.
Current single ‘Elephant’ is a blistering stomp through the band’s psychedelic jungle, watch this analog synthesized video made by artist Yoshi Sodeoka, with live footage provided by The Silentlights:
This single, with remixes by Todd Rundgren and Canyons, is now available digitally worldwide.
Tame Impala embark on a world tour this Autumn, starting off at Parklife in Brisbane, Australia on the 6th October. The Lonerism tour reaches the UK at the end of October, full details of all the UK/EU dates are below. Support comes from The Amazing and Young Dreams:
TAME IMPALA UK + EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Sun 14 Oct. Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
Mon 15 Oct. Paris, France - Bataclan
Tue 16 Oct. Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
Wed 17 Oct. Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan
Fri 19 Oct. Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
Sat 20 Oct, Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
Mon 22 Oct. Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
Tue 23 Oct. Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
Thu 25 Oct. Vienna, Austria - Fluc
Fri 26 Oct. Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
Sat 27 Oct. Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
Mon 29 Oct. Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
Tue 30 Oct. London, UK - Brixton Academy - get tickets
Thu 01 Nov. Manchester, UK - Ritz - get tickets
Fri 02 Nov. Sheffield, UK - Leadmill - get tickets
Sat 03 Nov. Glasgow, UK - ABC - get tickets
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