Tame Impala has announced the release date for a forthcoming album, titled ‘Deadbeat’.
The psychedelic music project of instrumentalist Kevin Parker returned in July with the seven-minute, house-inspired track ‘End Of Summer’, which the artist had previously debuted during a DJ set in Barcelona. Shortly before, he had shared a series of photographs on social media – revealing that he had “been busy” in the studio working on new music.
Now, the Tame Impala Instagram account has shared an image with the caption “LP5 – October 17”. The official website confirmed the title of the album as ‘Deadbeat’, as suggested in the post, and the image shared as its cover.
The description on the album’s pre-order store describe the fifth LP as “a collection of wickedly potent club-psych explorations as a vehicle for some of his most direct, brain-wormy songwriting to date, recasting Tame Impala as a kind of future primitive rave act in the process.”
It continues: “’Deadbeat’ sounds like the work of an artist with a levelled up mastery and bristles with a revitalized energy for experimentation. 12 songs crafted with a newfound embrace of spontaneity for the renowned perfectionist. How that manifests is a distinct minimalism and crunch to many of the tracks, with a clutch of crucial details, timbres and textures that add an ineffably new dimension to the sound, as well as a richer, more playful vocal range than ever.”
The announcement comes just after Tame Impala shared the video for new single ‘Loser’, which features Stranger Things star and Djo singer Joe Keery. The collaboration was teased through a series of posters spotted in New York and Chicago last week alongside a photograph of a younger Kevin Parker.
‘Deadbeat’ will be Tame Impala’s first full album since 2020’s ‘The Slow Rush’. In the time since, the producer and musician contributed to the Barbie soundtrack album, as well as collaborating with Dua Lipa, Thundercat, Diana Ross, Gorillaz and Justice.
In February, Parker won his first Grammy for ‘Neverender’ – one of his collaborations with Justice. Parker also reflected on the creation of his 2015 album ‘Currents’ recently, to mark its 10th anniversary.