Tame Impala : Lonerism

 

 

 

 

Rating: 5/5 stars 

Label: Modular

 

Another warm, swirling, psychedelic, sonic cruise with dizzying atmospheric guitar hooks, washing over both brash and vulnerable sounding moody vocals from Aussie rock outfit Tame Impala. Taking cues from Innerspeaker track “Solitude Is Bliss”,  Lonerism is an entire album about alienation and the power of one – what front-man Kevin Parker describes as “the idea of being someone who doesn’t feel part of the rest of the world”. Like Innerspeaker, there is comfort in this album’s nostalgia – a harmonic tribute to psychedelics pop past – with nods towards the Beatles, Hendrix and Floyd. But, Lonerism manages to ameliorate mere 60′s revisionist rock, and emerge intensely modern and new, with a sound quality only possible in 2012.  Both larger in scope and sound than it’s predecessors,  Lonerism drives it’s influences into an entirely new direction, making it the most immersive albums of the year.

Listen : Tame Impala : Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (via SoundCloud)