Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker says he wants “to be a Max Martin” songwriting giant

Gangsters out, cowboys in

Inside of The Slow Rush, there are many different markers of time. Tame Impala principal Kevin Parker has often written about how time moves—its inexorable march, its nostalgic allure, the feeling of being inside and outside its current. But his project’s fourth album really digs into the idea, as its paradoxical title implies. Parker plays with tempo and duration to make an album that exists both in the past and the present, moving quickly and strolling along at the same time.

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Tame Impala just returned with The Slow Rush, and it finds the band’s architect Kevin Parker revisiting the theme of time’s passage with an evolving embrace of the future this time around. It’s a concept that bleeds into the finer details of the LP—and he just told triple j’s Lucy Smith that the mysterious voice at the end of “Tomorrow’s Dust” actually belongs to his wife.

“I was so in my own head about the song”

Beginning with the psychedelic vibes of Tame Impala’s 2010 debut, “Innerspeaker,” the group — which, on record, is Kevin Parker alone — has gained acclaim for creating soundscapes that skirt the boundaries of pop, rock and dance music. The constant is Parker’s ethereal falsetto, which can sound like siren call from a distant world.

Tame Impala have released their long-awaited Currents follow-up. The Slow Rush is out now via Interscope/Fiction. Listen to the album below. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Beginning with the psychedelic vibes of Tame Impala’s 2010 debut, “Innerspeaker,” the group — which, on record, is Kevin Parker alone — has gained acclaim for creating soundscapes that skirt the boundaries of pop, rock and dance music. The constant is Parker’s ethereal falsetto, which can sound like siren call from a distant world.

Tame Impala’s new album, The Slow Rush, arrives this Friday, February 14. In anticipation of its release, frontman Kevin Parker sat down for an interview with Beat 1’s Zane Lowe during which he revealed how collaborating with Travis Scott helped shape his creative process.

'The Slow Rush' is out this week

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"I want to be better than before"