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Tame Impala is an Australian psychedelic rock band created and produced by Kevin Parker. The band began as a home-recording project for Parker, who writes, records, performs, and produces the music. As a touring act, Parker (guitar, vocals) plays alongside other instrumentalists from the Alternative rock band 'Pond'. After a series of singles and EPs, in 2010, the band released the debut studio album, Innerspeaker, which was certified gold in Australia. The 2012 follow-up, Lonerism, was also acclaimed, reaching platinum status in Australia and receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. Th third album, Currents, was released in July 2015, and like its predecessor, it won ARIA Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year.
Parker won the APRA Award for Song of the Year 2016 for Currents' first track, "Let It Happen". Parker takes the intricacies of the psychedelic rock genre and combines it with modern day pop music melodies. His music is heavily influenced by late 1960s and early 1970s psychedelic rock, which is achieved through various production methods. Some favoured and often-used effects by Parker include phasing, delay, reverb and fuzz. He bases his covers on his love for astronomy and on creating the psychedelic effect of his music visually; for example, Currents' cover symbolises a planet and the universe. Strong colours and patterns are used in all of them, conveying the psychedelic-ness.
