Tame Impala 2026

Under the name Tame Impala, the Australian has carved out an unconventional career over the past decade and a half, transforming himself from a bedroom producer in Perth to one of the most influential musicians of his generation. With "Deadbeat", which will be released on 17 October on Columbia Records, he is now presenting his fifth studio album. A record that shows once again that Parker's sound can never be easily categorised, but oscillates between past, present and future.

Anyone familiar with Parker's beginnings will know that he was hooked on the guitars of the 60s from an early age. At twelve, he was playing riffs in his parents' bedroom, at 15 he was imitating Jimmy Page. When the Dee Dee Dums won the Australian campus band competition in 2007, the way was clear for a new beginning: a better name - Tame Impala - and a mastermind who obsessively buries himself in his own sound worlds. With "Innerspeaker" (2010), Parker catapulted psychedelic rock into the present, while "Lonerism" (2012) cemented his reputation as a studio perfectionist obsessed with detail. With "Currents" (2015) at the latest, he took a radical step away from the retro sound and towards synthetic elegance. "The Slow Rush" (2020) finally brought the breakthrough in the charts - number one in several countries, worldwide tours. "Deadbeat" builds on this, but in a new, raw way. The record, inspired by the rave and bush doof culture of Western Australia, sounds like a return to Parker's roots, but under a completely different guise: minimalist, with crisp textures, yet carried by a euphoria that can be felt on dance floors as well as in headphones. Songs such as "Loser", the epic "End of Summer" or the current single "Dracula" combine hypnotic club atmospheres with Parker's typical flair for melodies that are instantly recognisable. In terms of content, on the other hand, the album seems darker: Parker paints the picture of an eternal "deadbeat", a self-ironic loser who gets caught in the loop of his own mistakes - and gains art from them.

But as much as Tame Impala remains a one-man band in the studio, the songs really come to life on stage. Anyone who has ever seen Parker and his fellow musicians live knows that the delicate studio arrangements are transformed into monumental walls of sound. Light shows merge with reverberating bass, guitar lines waft through misty rooms, while entire halls are set in trance-like motion. Parker knows how to combine introspection and collective ecstasy - a rare balance that has made Tame Impala festival headliners from Glastonbury to Coachella. For many fans, the concerts are more than just a gig: they are like an immersive intoxication that blocks out all reality for hours. Kevin Parker will be bringing this experience back to Germany in spring 2026, with five concerts scheduled in this country. A must for anyone who not only wants to hear the sound of Tame Impala, but also feel it. (Source: FKP Scorpio)