Tame Impala has announced his fifth full-length album, “Deadbeat,” due for release on Oct. 17, led by fuzzy singles “End of Summer” and “Loser.” Kevin Parker, the sole member of Tame Impala, released “Loser” on Sept. 3 alongside a music video directed by Julian Kristofski and starring Joe Keery.
“Deadbeat” was recorded between Parker’s hometown of Fremantle and his studio, Wave House in Injidup, Western Australia in the first half of 2025.
The upcoming project is said to be deeply inspired by the bush doof culture — electronic music festivals often held in remote bushland settings — popularized in the Western Australia rave scene, “recasting Tame Impala as a kind of future primitive rave act in the process,” per a press release. Lyrically, the record channels “an endless bummer, a self-deprecating fuck-up stuck in a negative feedback loop when he should have long had his shit together.”
Tame Impala’s last full-length release was “The Slow Rush” in 2020 when it debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking his highest-charting album in the U.S. at the time. It also reached No. 1 on the publication’s Vinyl Albums chart, with a significant portion of its first-week sales on vinyl.
“Deadbeat” is already available for pre-order with options for fans to purchase two web-store exclusive vinyl color-variants. Variants include an Urban Outfitters exclusive color vinyl, and an Indie Record Store exclusive color vinyl. Limited amount of numbered cassettes to be exclusively sold at Brooklyn Vegan and Alternative Press.
Watch the video for Tame Impala’s new single “Loser” below.
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