Thursday, December 9, 2010

Tame Impala


Tame Impala is a four piece psychedelic rock band from Perth, Western Australia. The band members are Kevin Parker (lead guitar and vocals), Dominic Simper (guitar), Jay "Gumby" Watson (drums/vocals), and Nick "Paisley Adams" Allbrook (guitar). Nick is only really a part of the band when performing live. Kevin says the band likes to see themselves as a steady flowing psychedelic groove rock band that emphasizes dream-like melody. Kevin and Dominic have been musical companions for about nine years, having met in music class in high school. Jay joined the band last year. He just happened to move to Perth with another band and met up with the Impalas. This video is "Solitude is Bliss" from their debut album Innerspeaker.

The album cover artwork for their debut self titled EP was done by Kevin, and caused some confusion with the album title. Many believed that the album was called Antares Mira Sun. The artwork is actually an interpretation of a slide he saw in an astronomy lecture, which demonstrated the difference in size between the stars Antares, Mira, and the Sun.

http://www.tameimpala.com/

Smelly Dog

1 comment:

  1. I'm still trying to figure if I like this band. There is some sort of Beatles sound, something definitely catches my ear.

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