{"id":72624,"date":"2025-07-18T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72624\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:27:09","slug":"kevin-parker-teases-new-tame-impala-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72624\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Parker teases new Tame Impala album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Parker<\/a> has looked back at 10 years of Tame Impala<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Currents\u2019, and hinted a new album is on the way.<\/p>\n

The artist celebrated the hit 2015 album on social media yesterday (July 17), taking to Instagram to recall his time working on what would go on to be arguably his biggest release.<\/p>\n

The post came exactly 10 years since the record was first released and saw the mastermind behind the Tame Impala moniker reveal that he was initially experiencing major self-doubt when it came to sharing the album.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Currents\u2019 is 10 years old today. Really?? It doesn\u2019t feel like that at all. I guess because it\u2019s stayed such a big part of my life since then it still feels fresh,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we play \u2018Let It Happen\u2019 live these days I still feel it deep in my soul. I guess also because it\u2019s taken me this long to really appreciate the music,\u201d he added. \u201cI had more than one existential crisis during the making and release of this album. I couldn\u2019t tell if it was great or embarrassingly bad, not to mention the fans I would lose by switching up music styles so heavily.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He went on to say that he frequently has to dismiss the preconception that he was \u201cfeeling pretty chuffed with myself after making this album\u201d because \u201cthere was often so much doubt\u201d surrounding it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I knew it was an album I had to make,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe lows were low but the highs were high. And during the highs, when I had forgotten to care what people were going to think I\u2019d be driving in my car listening to mixes feeling like it was pure magic, and in those moments I remember thinking whatever the outcome I just had to go through with it, and believe in it even if it felt totally blind.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlad I did,\u201d he concluded. \u201cHappy 10th Bday \u2018Currents\u2019. Emotional thanks to all my peeps who believed in it with me, you know who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it was first shared, \u2018Currents\u2019 was given a four-star review from NME which read: \u201cFuzzed-out guitars simply aren\u2019t where Parker\u2019s head is at now, which strikes us as a fair trade-off from a producer pushing at the outer reaches of his talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the crisp, hip-hop accenting on the drums to the full-bodied bass and vivd synths, \u2018Currents\u2019 is an audiophile\u2019s wet dream.\u201d Check out the full review here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The update came just days after Parker shared another intriguing post on social media, seemingly confirming that he has another child on the way, and a new album on the horizon.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the carousel post, the first image shows the songwriter with his wife, Sophie Lawrence, who seems to be very pregnant. The last post then showed a whiteboard that appears to show his progress on a handful of new songs. Each one has all the aspects ticked off, and is marked \u201cDONE\u201d.<\/p>\n

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If the post does suggest that a new album is on the way, it will be the first from Tame Impala since 2020\u2019s \u2018The Slow Rush<\/a>\u2019, with an EP of B-sides and remixes coming out two years later.<\/p>\n

Since that record, Parker and Thundercat<\/a> collaborated on the standalone single \u2018No More Lies<\/a>\u2019 in 2023, and the former has also featured on songs from Diana Ross<\/a>, Gorillaz<\/a> and Justice<\/a> over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, he went on to win his first Grammy for \u2018Neverender\u2019<\/a> \u2013 one of his Justice collaborations, and before then, he worked closely with Dua Lipa<\/a> on her 2024 album \u2018Radical Optimism<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n

Recently, Parker hinted at new music while at Primavera Sound<\/a> last month. \u201cEr, you guys wanna hear a new song?\u201d he asked the crowd at Nitsa Club during a surprise DJ set. \u201cYou want to hear a new Tame Impala song? You\u2019re going to be the first ones to hear it, you realise. There\u2019s no going back from this point on. Alright, let\u2019s do it. Get comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n