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Tame Impala’s Innerspeaker


This Tame Impala record that came out a few months ago is fairly righteous. Lush, gigantic and hooky Pop-Psych. It has me thinking of the whole lineage of Nuggets and after running from early Who or Meddle era Pink Floyd through SST era Screaming Trees, Ride and sprawling 90’s rockers Doves and Verve etc. But it’s certainly not all retro and there’s more than enough contemporary references to make it all feel new and exciting. Mostly this is because for a record so awash in weighty and wooly textures it feels remarkably light, airy and concise.

High long vocal phrases swimming over fat fuzzed guitars, bubbling basslines and tomahawk drums with the tracks dodging in and out one another and rising into sing along choruses.

Plus, the video for ‘Solitude is Bliss’ is one of our favorites of the year.

A few Nuggets:





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