Tame Impala

Overview

Like longer days and warmer temperatures, Tame Impala is now a thing that without which summer would potentially just cease to exist. Luckily the band has released a spectacular sophomore mind-trip just in time to help each of us switch seasons in a blissful state of cloistered delirium, and are touring it this December so we can see what all the wooziness looks like in 3D.

Like the title suggests Lonerism fleshes out the themes of isolation put forward on debut LP Innerspeaker, and makes being alone and a little bit crazy seem like the ideal state to be in. In "Why Won't They Talk To Me" Kevin Parker sings about being "out of the zone", while spacey guitar riffs layered with and asphyxiated by other instrumentation adds to the listener's jonesing for marijuana, sunshine and solitary time out.

However so long as everyone else is in the same mindset there's no reason why these songs should be enjoyed in that state only, especially when Tame Impala's live shows guarantee so much pretty stuff to look at.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=b0jqPvpn3sY