Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker.
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16 Facts About Tame Impala
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Originally signed to Modular Recordings, Tame Impala is signed to Interscope Records in the United States and Fiction Records in the UK.
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Tame Impala emerged in 2007 as a Kevin Parker home-recording project in this period and he posted a number of tracks on Myspace.
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Tame Impala appeared on Triple J's Hottest 100 list in 2008—their first appearance on the list—with "Half Full Glass of Wine" at number 75.
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Tame Impala said that the pureness and cleanness of Fleetwood Mac's song prompted him to attempt to create a more streamlined musical style within Currents.
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On 5 April 2015, Tame Impala announced and released the album cover for Currents in a Facebook post.
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Later that month, on 22 April 2015, Tame Impala officially released "Let it Happen" as the second single from the album.
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Tame Impala played a headline set at London's Citadel Festival in July 2018.
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In July 2018, during an interview with Beats 1 anchor host Matt Wilkinson, Parker confirmed for the first time that he had begun working on a new Tame Impala album, adding that he was "ready to play some other songs live" and expressing an interest to headline a stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2019.
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Tame Impala stated that he would be "very disappointed" if the new record by Tame Impala wasn't released by summer 2019.
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On 1 July 2018, Tame Impala teamed up with artist ZHU to create the single "My Life".
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On 2 January 2019, Tame Impala was announced as a headliner for the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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Tame Impala added: "In the age of streaming and the big-box festival bubble, Parker's discography seems factory-made for both a crowd of thousands and a chill night alone with a vibe-heavy playlist" and that "his music embodies the technology-driven sense of loneliness of this decade better than any of his peers".
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At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards in November, Tame Impala won a further five trophies: Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Rock Album, Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year for The Slow Rush.
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Tame Impala has stated that he has a "fetish for extremely sugary pop music" from artists like Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue.
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Tame Impala has said that listening to the Bee Gees on mushrooms inspired him to change the sound of the music he was making on Currents.
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