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It’s a harbinger of what the next 90 minutes will sound like. “I’m so happy that we’re all together,” exclaims Tame Impala’s frontman during set opener Apocalypse Dream, a propulsive song which, in its recorded version, owes a debt to ‘60s psychedelia, but tonight is transformed into a thumping dance number with swirling, arpeggiated synthesisers and a full-bodied kick drum. At the time of this sold-out date at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre, though, it seemed to mean accepting a guru. to begin at the wrong end end: to begin at the wrong to begin (on ( upon). In their place are stacks of synthesisers, samplers, drum machines, and a DJ mixer which Parker seemingly runs everything through. Rock stardom that doesn’t require an indie qualifier is as good a guess as any, though we’ll have to wait for the critical and commercial reception of Currents, Tame Impala’s forthcoming full-length, to find out for certain. Off of the record was this breathy, anthemic warm-up track called Be Above It that starts like a song that would play before a high school football game. Gone are the bass, the guitars, the drum kit. In 2012, Australian psych group Tame Impala released Lonersim. Who influenced your bass playing, and how you get that signature bass tone I guess it has a lot to do with. Wait, why does it matter though, you ask? Because this isn’t just a different setup, but a reimagining of what Tame Impala sounds like. The bass guitar takes a front seat on Currents. If you watched Tame Impala’s Like a Version performance for triple j in December, or the sets they recorded last year for NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert and BBC Live Lounge, you know what it looks like: with two of the band’s touring members in other countries, it’s what Kevin Parker developed, alongside Tame members Jay Watson and Dominic Simper, during lockdown. In the United States it was released by Interscope Records and Fiction Records, while Caroline International released it in other. The song is very upbeat, with a forward-moving bass line, a warped guitar solo and rapid, looping percussion. It was released on 17 July 2015 by Modular Recordings and Universal Music Australia. Much like Let It Happen, The Moment is about how change is a necessary part of life and how it’s up to each person to be ready for it. Bright lights, big crowd: Tame Impala Sound System at Metro City in Perth on Friday. Currents is the third studio album by Australian musical project Tame Impala.