Tame Impala announces forthcoming album, Deadbeat
Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) has announced the release of his forthcoming fifth full-length album, Deadbeat.
The album is deeply inspired by bush doof culture and the Western Australia rave scene, recasting Tame Impala as a kind of future primitive rave act in the process. Yesterday, Parker dropped the single “Loser” along with a music video directed by Kristofski and starring Joe Keery.
Conceived in various locations over the last few years, Deadbeat was largely galvanized between Parker’s hometown of Fremantle and his studio, Wave House in Injidup, Western Australia in the first half of 2025. The album follows The Slow Rush (2020).
Deadbeat will arrive on 17 October via Columbia Records, and is available to pre-order now.
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